Highlights of Chicago Fed's Evans...............>

FED: Highlights of Chicago Fed's Evans presentation Monday, similar to remarks

he gave last week:

* "Reasonable to assume a legitimate return to growth in the second half of 2020

and into 2021" but "the likelihood of the baseline scenario may only be a bit

higher than that of the more pessimistic possibilities."

* "Relaxing a stay-at-home policy is a bold decision with pretty high risks, in

my opinion. In any event, we should learn something from these decisions."

* "Investments in worker safety are clearly necessary. But, of course, they also

are costly and reduce productivity... Therefore, another key factor to recovery

will be the availability of financial resources to sustain and expand these

efforts."

* "The Fed is providing additional help -- including money market lending

support, corporate credits, and Main Street lending -- within the restrictions

placed by the Federal Reserve Act. Accordingly, we can only provide lending and

must be careful to avoid losses."