June 30, 2020/Hill+Knowlton Strategies The principal losers from COVID-19, as with other global viruses and all national disasters, are the poorest members of society. They have fewer, if any savings. They generally live on top of one another. Their income is received in cash because their jobs, if any, are […]
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Oil Markets On Edge As Second Wave Hits
June 30, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – U.S. commercial oil inventories reached an all-time high of 541 million barrels for the week ending on June 19, breaking a record last set in March 2017. These numbers exclude the SPR. – As of June 19, inventories were at 62 […]
Reopening Asia: How the Right Policies Can Help Economic Recovery
June 30, 2020/IMFBlog by Chang Yong Rhee For the first time in living memory, Asia’s growth is expected to contract by 1.6 percent—a downgrade to the April projection of zero growth. While Asia’s economic growth in the first quarter of 2020 was better than projected in the April World Economic […]
