Economy

News

U.S. Economy Shrinks at 32.9% Annualized Pace

Reade Pickert |

Q2/2020 saw the steepest economic decline on record. Whether Q3 reflects a recovery will depend, in large part, on whether the country can reverse the course of Covid-19.
News

Bankruptcies May Skyrocket

Denise Wee |

Professor whose formula predicts corporate bankruptcies warns that growing debt during the Covid crisis might lead to unprecedented spate of bankruptcies.
News

World Economy in 2020 to Weaken More Sharply Than Forecast

Janet Levaux |

The United States’ economy is expected to contract 8% in 2020 vs. an earlier estimate of 5.9%.

News

Fed Will Begin Buying Broad Portfolio of Corporate Bonds

Christopher Condon, Craig Torres & Molly Smith |

The central bank will use a diversified, internally developed index in selecting which specific U.S. corporate issues it will purchase.
News

Majority of Businesses Sought PPP Loans

Melanie Waddell |

The program is supporting “more than 75% of the small-business payroll in all 50 states,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
News

Fed Indicates No Change in Interest Rates Through 2022

Bernice Napach |

Chairman Jerome Powell repeated that the Fed will do whatever it takes to support the economy.
Expert Opinion

Fed Shoots Down Notion of a V-Shaped Recovery

Mohamed A. El-Erian |

In updating its projections for growth and unemployment on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve poured cold water on the notion that last week’s surprise jobs…
Analysis

Debt Shakeout Will Make Some Big Firms Even Bigger

Rich Miller |

Covid-19 will increase consolidation of resources with large global businesses, especially in tech and retail sectors.
News

U.S. Jobless Rate Unexpectedly Fell in May

Katia Dmitrieva |

Forecasts had called for a decline of 7.5 million in payrolls and a jump in the unemployment rate to 19%.
Expert Opinion

Gary Shilling: Recession Will Last into 2021

Bernice Napach |

But stocks, unlike Treasuries, are trading as if it won’t, according to the economist and investment adviser.

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