WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Safe, reliable and affordable changes to current work practices and job retraining will have to form the cornerstone of the U.S. economy’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Monday.
In a post on the Richmond Fed’s website, Barkin also said that new productivity investments will need some government incentive to restore confidence in such an uncertain environment, in comments similar to those he made last week in a webcast.
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(Reporting by Lindsay Dunsmuir; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
