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Fragile Recovery Hinges on Election Result and COVID-19 Response: U.S. Outlook
Fragile Recovery Hinges on Election Result and COVID-19 Response: U.S. Outlook
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- The U.S. economy will decline by 4.4 per cent this year before recovering
- and expanding by 3.9 per cent in 2021.
- The recovery depends crucially on a vaccine being available sometime in the third quarter of 2021.
- Spending in the services sector has borne the brunt of the steep downturn in household spending.
- While labour markets are recovering, the unemployment rate will remain above pre-COVID-19 levels through the medium term.
- Interest rates will not increase until the early part of 2023 as the Fed believes the recovery remains fragile due to the elevated level of uncertainty.
- The fiscal deficit soared to over $5 trillion in the second quarter of this year due to the massive spending required to support the economy in the face of massive job losses.
- A Joe Biden victory in November would eliminate some but not all of the trade irritants linked to the Trump administration.
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