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Powell: Current Economic Issues
The coronavirus has left a devastating human and economic toll in its wake as it has spread around the globe. This is a worldwide public health crisis, and health-care workers have been the first responders, showing courage and determination and earning our lasting gratitude. So have the legions of other essential workers who put themselves at risk every day on our behalf. As a nation, we have temporarily withdrawn from many kinds of economic and social activity to help slow the spread of the virus. Some sectors of the economy have been effectively closed since mid-March. People have put their lives and livelihoods ... (full story)
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FED'S POWELL: FED SURVEY SHOWS 40% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH LESS THAN $40,000 INCOME HAVE LOST A JOB.
— Breaking Market News (@financialjuice) May 13, 2020
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Fed Chair Powell: “This reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard to capture in words,” says “while we are all affected, the burden has fallen most heavily on those least able to bear it.”
— Michael S. Derby (@michaelsderby) May 13, 2020
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Powell says more policy help may be needed to pull the US out of economic downturn
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that policymakers may have to use additional weapons to pull the country out of an economic mire that has cost at least 20 million jobs and caused “a level of pain that is hard to capture in words.” While he did not specify what those measures are and where they would come from, Powell said that the coronavirus has triggered a situation unlike previous recessions the U.S. has endured, and the response may have to be more from Congress than the Fed. He noted the unprecedented strength of the both the fiscal and monetary measures, but stressed the importance of ... (full story)
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