If everyone uses the gags, the US economy will grow at a faster rate, more people will find jobs and it will be possible to reopen schools more safely, said Dallas Federal Reserve Chairman Robert Kaplan today.

"If everyone uses the masks, I think it will probably be the most important thing we can do now to ensure that the recovery is faster and does not slow down," Kaplan told the National Press Club in a virtual seminar, noting that the economy has slowed since the newly created Corona virus reappeared in large numbers throughout. The United States in the past few weeks.

Kaplan predicted that the US economy will shrink between 4.5 percent to 5 percent this year, and will drop by 35 percent year on year in the second quarter.

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