 The biggest risks identified in the survey are global geopolitical instability and the possibility of higher interest rates, which Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has called unlikely. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. The 2024 Summer Olympic Games open this Friday in Paris, and this time the opening ceremony won't be in a stadium. Instead, Olympic athletes will fill dozens of boats and float down the famed Seine River. Spectators will watch from the riverbanks.