You today by your television provider. This week on the communicators, we are pleased to be joined by the president and ceo of u. S. Telecom. Can you remind us represent . Ask the future of Technology Companies who are all about building the networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers , like centurylink, regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream. Also represent a number of smaller providers serving Rural Communities across the well,y and around us as around the table, some of the most innovative Global Technology Enterprises Like are alsoand nec, they a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology, broadband. Give us a snapshot, if you would, of the last couple of months for your Member Companies. For the millions of folks in for every Single Person around the globe, it has been a time of seriousness and anxiety, but also a time to get to work. Dealing with this crisis, this International Health emergenc
Union Economic Policy response due to the covid19 crisis. Well also catch up on the European Union, European Commissions broader Economic Policy agenda as we hopefully recover from the crisis, its evolving fiscal institutions and its management of the european macro economy. So it should be an interesting conversation, particularly of particular importance given the worldwide economic crisis weve suddenly found ourselves in. Let me introduce my guest today. As i said, director general for Economic Affairs in the European Commission prior to his current job, he was for reform support and well touch on that as well, i imagine and prior to that he was Deputy Director general for economic and financial affairs. And did work extensively on the funds which well talk about as well. And anyway, with that introduction out of the way, i wanted to start out by just talking about the pay in which the crisis has unfolded over the past few months in europe and especially what actions have been taken
Benefit of having a big civilization with lots of interactions, lots of people meeting people, doing business, creating. Good morning. Good evening, depending on where you are. Thank you for joining us. Senior fellow and Vice President of the Global Economy and development program, and brookings. The Global Economy is in perfect. The pandemic continues disrupting billions of lives, jeopardizing billions. The World Bank Global economic prospects which relates this conversation, its infraction on global gdp in 2020. This is the global recession since world war ii, since 1870. Its informed by an assessment fundamental drivers of a long time ago, a formation. The location of trade but headline Economic Growth number, having its proportionate effect and lower Income Countries, the large. There dominated the ability to adjust to covered religious measures such as confinement. The population in such the pandemic is likely to leave a legacy of inequalities between and within countries, and the
Now, testimony from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Monetary Policy and the state of the u. S. Economy amid coronavirus. He spoke about low Interest Rates, unemployment numbers and what future Economic Growth and recovery could look like. Help in front of the House Financial Services committee, this is three hours. So the committee will come to order. Thank you. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when theyre not recognized by the chair. Members are also reminded that they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying h res 965, staff will only mute members and our witness as appropriate when not recognized to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that all house rules relating to order and decorum apply to this remote hearing. T
Post. This response or, if you could again by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represe represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. Rate to be here but i represent the future of conductivity and members of u. S. Telecom are the broadband carriers, innovators and Technology Companies that are all about delivering and Building Networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving our Rural Communities across the country and we are really proud to know that around us as well some of the most innovative Global Technology Enterprises Like cisco and ericsson and they are a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, of the last couple of months for your member compani companies. Gu