Fed Renews Pledge, Tourism Threat, Euro Area GDP

Fed Renews Pledge, Tourism Threat, Euro Area GDP


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　　The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero and vowed to use all its tools to support the recovery from an economic downturn that Chair Jerome Powell called the most severe “in our lifetime”
　　Virus upsurge is threatening South Europes nascent tourism revival
　　Hang on to your seat, euro area GDP will get ugly, writes Bloomberg Economics Maeva Cousin
Conditions for successfully implementing yield curve control are less favorable in the U.S., euro area and U.K. than they are in Japan, writes Bloomberg Economics Björn van Roye

　　Another round of talks between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats on Wednesday brought them no closer to a compromise on a virus-relief plan
　　Australia is lowballing the price estimate of its largest export -- a key ingredient in China‘s stimulus -- setting up a buffer for the economy and the government’s books as the Covid-19 crisis clouds the broader outlook
　　Fiscal, education and health-care policies can do more than monetary policy to combat the higher unemployment rates experienced by Black Americans, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said. Meantime, a former senior Fed economist levied a broad critique of her profession, saying racism, sexism and elitism have led to bad policy advice
　　Food insecurity for U.S. households reached its highest reported level since data tracking began in May, with almost 30 million Americans reporting that theyd not had enough to eat