U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments

Highlights • The record long U.S. economic expansion is coming to an end, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shutdowns to stem the spread of the virus have already had an impact on the economy, and are already visible in some preliminary data for March, ranging from jobless claims to factory o...

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spelling oai-11362-454202020-04-20T19:31:19Z U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments NU. CEPAL. Oficina de Washington CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS INDICADORES ECONOMICOS INDUSTRIA EMPLEO POLITICA MONETARIA POLITICA FISCAL INFLACION COMERCIO EXTERIOR VIRUS EPIDEMIAS TENDENCIAS ECONOMICAS COVID-19 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT MONETARY POLICY FISCAL POLICY INFLATION FOREIGN TRADE VIRUSES EPIDEMICS ECONOMIC TRENDS COVID-19 Highlights • The record long U.S. economic expansion is coming to an end, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shutdowns to stem the spread of the virus have already had an impact on the economy, and are already visible in some preliminary data for March, ranging from jobless claims to factory output. The U.S. government will release its initial estimate for the first quarter of 2020 at the end of April, and a decline in growth is expected, followed by an even worse decline in the second quarter. • Three stimulus packages were approved by the U.S. Congress in March, aiming to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households and businesses. The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates to the zero-lower bound, offered unlimited quantitative easing, and deployed old tools (used in the 2008 financial crisis) and new, aimed at keeping financial markets functioning. • A U.S. recession in the first half of the year is now the baseline forecast according to market projections. The outlook remains highly uncertain and constantly changing, as new estimates of the impact of the pandemic are made and government actions further restricts the population’s mobility and economic activity. 2020-04-17T18:32:28Z 2020-04-17T18:32:28Z 2020-04-17 Texto Documento Completo http://hdl.handle.net/11362/45420 LC/WAS/TS.2020/3 en .pdf application/pdf ESTADOS UNIDOS UNITED STATES ECLAC
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topic CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
INDICADORES ECONOMICOS
INDUSTRIA
EMPLEO
POLITICA MONETARIA
POLITICA FISCAL
INFLACION
COMERCIO EXTERIOR
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
TENDENCIAS ECONOMICAS
COVID-19
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
INDUSTRY
EMPLOYMENT
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL POLICY
INFLATION
FOREIGN TRADE
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
ECONOMIC TRENDS
COVID-19
spellingShingle CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
INDICADORES ECONOMICOS
INDUSTRIA
EMPLEO
POLITICA MONETARIA
POLITICA FISCAL
INFLACION
COMERCIO EXTERIOR
VIRUS
EPIDEMIAS
TENDENCIAS ECONOMICAS
COVID-19
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
INDUSTRY
EMPLOYMENT
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL POLICY
INFLATION
FOREIGN TRADE
VIRUSES
EPIDEMICS
ECONOMIC TRENDS
COVID-19
U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
description Highlights • The record long U.S. economic expansion is coming to an end, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Shutdowns to stem the spread of the virus have already had an impact on the economy, and are already visible in some preliminary data for March, ranging from jobless claims to factory output. The U.S. government will release its initial estimate for the first quarter of 2020 at the end of April, and a decline in growth is expected, followed by an even worse decline in the second quarter. • Three stimulus packages were approved by the U.S. Congress in March, aiming to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on households and businesses. The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates to the zero-lower bound, offered unlimited quantitative easing, and deployed old tools (used in the 2008 financial crisis) and new, aimed at keeping financial markets functioning. • A U.S. recession in the first half of the year is now the baseline forecast according to market projections. The outlook remains highly uncertain and constantly changing, as new estimates of the impact of the pandemic are made and government actions further restricts the population’s mobility and economic activity.
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title U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
title_short U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
title_full U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
title_fullStr U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
title_full_unstemmed U.S. Economic Outlook: 2019 in review and early 2020 developments
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