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The COVID-19 recession was a global economic recession caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. The recession began in most countries in February 2020. After a year of global economic slowdown that saw stagnation of economic growth and consumer activity, the COVID-19 lockdowns and other precautions taken in early 2020 drove the global economy into crisis.
On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic.It ended on 7 April 2020. Beginning on 13 May 2019, the yield curve on U.S. Treasury securities inverted, [1] and remained so until 11 October 2019, when it reverted to normal. [2]
While mending the underlying public health crisis that is driving the downturn could lead to a quicker recovery, scarring effects could worsen until that happens.
In June 2020, economic analyst Jim Cramer said that the response to the COVID-19 recession has led to the biggest transfer of wealth to the ultra-wealthy in modern history. [112] On 30 July 2020, it was reported that the U.S. 2nd quarter gross domestic product fell at an annualized rate of 33%. [113]
The PPP did help hasten the end of the COVID recession in 2020. The Autor research found that the program preserved nearly 3 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020 and a smaller number of jobs ...
The recession of 2020, was the shortest and steepest in U.S. history and marked the end of 128 months of expansion. ... While the COVID-19 crisis of 2020 and the resulting lock-downs that resulted ...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused far-reaching economic consequences [1] including the COVID-19 recession, the second largest global recession in recent history, [2] decreased business in the services sector during the COVID-19 lockdowns, [3] the 2020 stock market crash (which included the largest single-week stock market decline since the financial ...
The 26 million unemployment claims filed in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic has dire implications for the future of the U.S. economy, one economist warned.