by reddit_user456
www.nytimes.com./2020/06/06/upshot/coronavirus-economic-crisis.html
Interesting Article, a quick summary:
Things most of us here are already aware of :
- $500 billion PPP and temporary lay-off play big roles in the new employment numbers
- Many layoffs happening in industries not affected by the pandemic, indicating rippling effect on demand
Other interesting economic events:
- New orders for manufactured goods for May is 31.8 (contraction if <50)
- Congressional Budget Office projects $15.7trillion economic activity will be lost over the next decade (CBO historically had pretty accurate forecast)
- negative supply shock will lead to further demand shortage (supply shock can be alleviated when unemployment benefits continue beyond this summer and reopening starts happening)
Views: