21.   The finance ministers spent the weekend putting together joint statements intended to show their resolve to deal with the two problems, which are threatening current global prosperity.

22.   The Fed chairman said he expects the economy to remain strong and noted that Americans at all income levels are benefitting from the current prosperity.

23.   Political patriarch Lee Kuan Yew warned Singaporeans in remarks broadcast Monday that they must not slacken despite current prosperity, otherwise the country might decline like Britain.