Conclusion In summary, as I stated at the outset of my remarks, I am cautiously optimistic that the United States will weather the Year 2000 storm without major disruptions to economic activity. Some of the more frightening scenarios are not without a certain plausibility, if this challenge were being ignored. But it is not being ignored - as this symposium today clearly illustrates.
An enormous amount of work is being done in anticipation of the rollover of the millennium. As the world’s largest economy, the heaviest burden of preparation falls on the United States. But it is truly a worldwide issue, and to the extent some are not adequately prepared and experience breakdowns of unforeseeable dimension, we shall all be affected accordingly.