Since '91, we've added 86,000 new jobs around the world . . . including more than 10,000 right here in the 6th Federal Reserve District. And, of course, in just the past few months, we've become a publicly traded company. A development that will greatly influence the direction and velocity of our expansion in the coming years. Yes, it's easy to think that these are the best of times. But as good as it is, I would suggest that even better times are ahead.
Productivity is the real engine behind the economy.
Growth through efficiency. Jack told the Atlanta Rotary back in January that the current economic expansion, which began around April 1991, was just a few months shy of completing its ninth year. Well, here we are in April 2000, and the economy continues to charge ahead. We now live in a world, where the majority of children have never heard the word recession. We're working smarter.