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US economy shrinks by 4.8% as businesses shut down due to coronavirus

The US economy shrank by 4.8% in the last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic shut down much of the country and began triggering a...

Trump seeks to regain footing by shifting coronavirus focus to economy

The White House has released new guidelines on coronavirus testing and reopening businesses as Donald Trump sought to regain his footing after weeks of...

US unemployment claims reach 26m as coronavirus causes huge job losses

More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for US unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated due to the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 26 million...

EasyJet to keep middle seats empty when flights resume

EasyJet expects to keep its middle seats empty when it resumes flying to enable social distancing. Chief executive Johan Lundgren said the measure is aimed...

Infected countries discuss how to open their economies

Governors across the US are devising plans to gradually reopen their economies without prompting a strong second wave of coronavirus. In Italy, Spain and other...

Coronavirus: European nations struggle to agree on terms of economic aid

European governments remain at loggerheads over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed...

Virus deaths and unemployment accelerate across Europe and US as cases pass 1m

Coronavirus deaths have mounted with alarming speed in Spain, Italy and New York, the most lethal hotspot in the United States, as figures show...

US unemployment claims hit record 6.6 million

A record 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as job losses rose sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic. A report on Thursday...

IMF head says global economy is in recession

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the global economy has entered a recession that could be worse than the 2009...

Half a million people infected worldwide as economic toll rises

The human and economic toll of the lockdowns against coronavirus mounted as Italy shut down most of its industry, and more than three million...

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