30 July 2020

Confidence-Builder??? Worst Quarter Ever 2Q 2020

“It looks like we’re seeing a slowdown in the rate of growth,” Powell said Wednesday in a virtual press conference following the latest Fed policy meeting. 
“And that might be short-lived. It might not be.”
The GDP report, for its part, will likely be a permanent indication of the pandemic’s economic low point. It showed personal spending, which makes up about two-thirds of GDP, slumped the most on record. Business investment in structures, equipment and intellectual property saw the steepest slide since 1952, while residential investment dropped the most since 1980.
It could have been even worse without the ccongressional stimulus, . . .U.S. jobless claims rise for a second straight week
Economics

U.S. Economy’s Rebound Looks Shakier After Worst Quarter Yet

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    Rise in jobless claims follows virus surge, renewed closings
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    ‘The outlook is very cloudy at this point,’ economist says      


Though the cause of the plunge is the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Bureau of Economic Research said the current recession began in February. Insights via @CME Group: https://openmarkets.cmegroup.com/quic...

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U.S. GDP plunged 32.9% in the second quarter amid virus-induced shutdown











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