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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicUS economy

Topic: US economy

These are the world’s most miserable and least miserable economies of 2020

The Bloomberg’s Misery Index tallied inflation and unemployment outlooks for 60 economies. Almost all the economies surveyed are projected to be more miserable this year.

Sending foreign students home hurt US economy when it needs them most

Given how much international students contribute to economy, you might assume ICE would find a way to keep them in the US.

This recession is different & India can bounce back much faster than in the past

The recession this time isn’t driven by inherent weakness in economies or factors like oil shocks. It’s also synchronous. This could quicken India’s recovery.

Why the US can’t end China’s control of the global supply chain

With govts having to fund trillions of dollars in bailout packages for businesses, finding extra capital to restructure global supply chains is a tall order.

Americans are willing to pay $5 trillion to stop Covid-19 and save lives, study shows

The average person in the US is essentially willing to pay $15,000 to reduce the rates of infection through social distancing, shelter-in-place and other interventions.

US states moving to reopen divide rural and urban areas across the country

As the state eases restrictions but local officials tighten them, rural areas may be able to move quicker than densely populated regions hit harder by the virus.

US plans to borrow record $2.9 trillion to tide over pandemic

According to The Wall Street Journal, the sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.

Much better days ahead, says Donald Trump as 35 US states set formal reopening plans

Trump also said expressed hope for the economy picking up next year, saying he thought the fourth quarter is going to be 'really, really good' for the US.

The coronavirus recession has all the ingredients to beat the Great Depression

Let's hope this depression won’t last a decade, but an unprecedented slump followed by years of pain seems inevitable.

Trump unveils plans to reopen America in phases, allows governors to take decisions

The International Monetary Fund this week projected that the US economy will shrink this year by 5.9 per cent amidst the pandemic that has wrecked havoc in the country.

On Camera

The politics of air pollution—how they are fooling the citizens

Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.

India’s Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code is struggling to deliver. It’ll take a decade to clear backlog

The Centre is considering an increase in the National Company Law Tribunal's bench capacity, while the Standing Committee of Finance suggests fast-track courts. 

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.