We are honored to share that AUS GLOBAL, as an invited guest of the United Nations forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (UNSTI), successfully completed the important mission of this event on June 20, 2024 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.The forum brought together dignitaries and renowned business people from around the world to discuss important topics such as global fintech development and environmental protection.
The IMF projects that the global economy will shrink by 4.4% in 2020, followed by a 5.2% rebound in 2021, supporting a V-shaped recovery.
According to the latest data of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's forex reserves have surged $11,938 million to a fresh all-time high of $534,568 million for the week ended July 31.
"This reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard to capture in words," said Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
"If the current rate of decline continues, claims will dip below 1M in the second or—more likely—third week of June," said economist Ian Shepherdson.
"While the economic response has been both timely and appropriately large, it may not be the final chapter," Powell said.
"While the economic response has been both timely and appropriately large, it may not be the final chapter," Powell said.
Investors think that, even though the unemployment numbers look bad, the US economy has hit bottom already and will get better from here
The US is in the middle of the second, or transitionary, phase after the initial shutdown. The last stage will be "the most uncertain," the bank said.
Several officials agreed that the Fed's relief efforts — while necessary — pose economic risks if they go unchecked and aren't appropriately reversed.
Despite the coronavirus gloom, the US economy has bottomed and some activity measures are starting to rebound
Virus hotspots including New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are receiving fewer PPP loan approvals than less-affected states, the economists wrote.
"The latest report reflects a time when many of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were only starting to be felt," said the New York Fed.
The Federal Reserve left interest rates untouched and near zero Wednesday amid coronavirus pandemic.
The sharp contraction in gross domestic product reflects the swift impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the US economy.
Hassett also expects the US unemployment rate, due to be published next month to soar to 16-17%. By comparison, US unemployment was 4.4% in March.
Eurozone leaders have already announced a stimulus package of more than 500 billion euros to protect the bloc from the economic fallout of COVID-19.
There is "probably no single metric you can look at" to better get a broad sense of how the economy is doing than unemployment, said Jason Thomas.
Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo intends to hand out about $1,000 in coronavirus aid relief for each citizen.
The surge in claims "should push the unemployment rate up to 17% in the April data, a new post-World War II high," wrote Brett Ryan of Deutsche Bank.