Dec 05, 2023 / 01:00PM GMT
Richard Nigel Ramsden - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division - MD
Okay. So good morning, everybody. I'm delighted to welcome you to this year's Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference. As David said, we are close to 1,200 attendees this year, 830 clients, well over 100 companies. So thank you all for joining us.
We're delighted to have Charlie Scharf kicking off the conference again this year. This is his fourth year as CEO, and it's actually his fourth year being at this conference. So Charlie, thank you so much for coming back and joining us. It's great to have you here.
Questions and Answers:
Richard Nigel Ramsden - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division - MDSo I think let's start with the question we always start with, which is around expectations heading into next year for the economy. Maybe you can touch on expectations for rates, inflation? And just your overall take on the health of the economy as we head into 2024?
Charles W. Scharf - Wells Fargo & Company - President, CEO &