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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.
Until the start of the COVID-19 recession in 2020, no post-World War II era came anywhere near the depth of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression, GDP fell by 27% (the deepest after demobilization is the recession beginning in December 2007, during which GDP had fallen 5.1% by the second quarter of 2009) and the unemployment rate ...
In the first two quarters of 2022, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) posted its first two declines since the COVID-19 recession; decreasing at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022 and a 0.9% annual rate in the second quarter. [6] GDP growth rates in the European Union also slowed significantly in the first half of 2022. [7]
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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 term recession is being thrown around a lot. Here are the basics.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and President Trump enacted the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) on March 18, 2020. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2020 would increase to $3.3 trillion or 16% GDP, more than triple that of 2019 and the largest ...
Multiple cities in Texas are seeing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, but Houston leaders are hoping we can turn that around. Houston helping communities hard hit by COVID-19 [Video] Skip ...