r/Economics Discussion Thread - 07 May 2020 Economics |
- r/Economics Discussion Thread - 07 May 2020
- 1 in 5 American workers has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March
- Real unemployment rate soars past 24.9%—and the U.S. has now lost 33.5 million jobs
- Millions of baby boomers are getting caught in the country’s broken retirement system
- Government Orders Alone Didn’t Close the Economy. They Probably Can’t Reopen It.
- Our Broken Unemployment System Is a National Scandal - Months into economic shutdown, millions of Americans still haven't received unemployment checks—a travesty that is the direct result of anti-welfare decisions that make the process as difficult as possible.
- Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy hard
- Temporary Coronavirus Layoffs Are Turning Permanent Around U.S.
- US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, vs 3.05 million expected
- American Meat Workers Are Starting to Quit With Plants Reopening
- Fed's Harker warns about reopening the economy too quickly
- Markets start pricing in negative U.S. interest rates for first time
- Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses
- SBA slashes disaster-loan limit from $2 million to $150,000, shuts out nearly all new applicants
- Consumer borrowing drops in March as households shy away from using credit cards
- Essential US workers often lack sick leave and health care – benefits taken for granted in most other countries
- Finnish basic income pilot improved wellbeing, study finds
- The Carbon-Tax Opportunity | The pandemic-related collapse in oil prices will likely make renewable energy less competitive, just at a time when the world should be engineering a climate-friendly recovery.
- Important Curves in Economics
- The Bridge to the Post-Pandemic World is Collapsing
- China exports rebound in April on pick-up in Asian demand
- The Nasdaq just wiped out all of its losses for 2020--a stunning feat in the aftermath of the coronvirus crisis
- The market v the real economy | Financial markets have got out of whack with the economy. Something has to give
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