Wages & salaries fell by $296 billion in March, the worst in a generation, and spending sunk $1.1 trillion, whew! What happened to $823 billion the difference? It went into personal savings, which rose to 13.1% of disposable income, a 40-year high.robo.1db.com/PI0430invest.1db.com/Belushi#finance#money#savings#equality#personalsavings
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By CunninghamIn the late 1980’s, as the real estate market in the Southwestern part of the United Statescollapsed, I was wiped out, as were many of my friends and business associates. We wereexperiencing the inevitable catastrophic aftermath of one of the greatest real estate booms inthe history of mankind.We had made scores of millions in
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The IMF in its April World Economic Outlook is projecting global output to contract by -3% in 2020 and is forecasting growth of 5.8% in 2021. For advanced economies, the IMF is calling for a contraction of -6.1% this year, and growth of 4.5%, next year; emerging markets are expecting 1% contraction and 6.6% growth,
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The March employment report left no unanswered questions about the devastating economic impact from the pandemic. There were 713k total jobs eliminated in the private sector alone, according to the Establishment Survey, Private services which account for 71% of total GDP saw 659k job losses, ten times the amount for goods producers. Leisure and hospitality
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