1 It’s good to be back in Mississippi. It’s Black History Month, and I feel privileged to be at this great historically Black university, speaking on a topic of such vital importance to our country. I made my first trip to this state as a government official a quarter century ago, to Clarksdale, Mississippi.
The significant reductions in the stock of external debt and the domestic public debt over the last few years have improved the savings-investment and growth dynamics and there are signs of growing investor interest in taking risks in the domestic market.