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Tag: Great Depression


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

U.S. regains 2.5 million jobs in May, unemployment falls to 13.3% as economy starts to recover from coronavirus

June 5, 2020

Via: Market Watch

The U.S. regained 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell to 13.3%, confounding Wall Street expectations for another big wave of layoffs and signaling the economy began to revive last month after probably the worst economic crisis […]


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

GDP sinks 4.8% in the first quarter, biggest drop since 2008 and there is worse to come

April 29, 2020

Via: Market Watch

The collapse in the U.S. economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic triggered the biggest drop in gross domestic product in the first quarter since 2008 in a prelude to an even more massive decline in the spring. GDP, the official […]


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

Sinking U.S. economy hasn’t hit bottom yet

April 27, 2020

Via: Market Watch

The coronavirus capsized what had been the longest expansion in U.S. history. Now the wait is on to see how far the economy sinks before it finds bottom. A few dimly hopeful signs emerged last week as a pair of […]