My hope is that we will see increased innovation and productivity associated with the spurt of new businesses that have opened since the onset of the pandemic. 3/5  BIS - Central bankers' speeches  Supply-side issues, especially innovation and productivity, have been a theme of my own academic research, including papers on patents and on the growth and funding of small businesses.
So I am so pleased to see many of your topics touching on these issues, often using novel data sets from a wide range of countries. International International issues are also an important area of research--and open questions--and have been another theme of my career.