CORONAVIRUS ECONOMY
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Health
Pandemic pushes 4.7 million below extreme poverty in Southeast Asia
Bangkok, Mar 16 (EFE).- The disastrous economic fallout of Covid-19 pushed some 4.7 million people in Southeast Asia below the…
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Japan lower house passes record extra budget to boost Covid-hit economy
Tokyo, Dec 15 (EFE).- The lower house of the Japanese parliament Wednesday approved a record supplementary budget worth 36 trillion…
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Business & Economy
Nepal economy goes negative first time in 4 decades
Kathmandu, Mar 4 (EFE).- Nepal’s economy has registered negative growth for the first time in nearly 40 years mainly due…
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US resumes talks on new fiscal stimulus package
Washington, Dec 2 (efe-epa).- The seriousness of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the US and the…
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Business & Economy
Bipartisan group of lawmakers presents new stimulus proposal
Washington, Dec 1 (efe-epa).- A group of both Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday presented a proposal for a new…
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China can’t pull world out of recession, Stiglitz says
Buenos Aires, Nov 25 (efe-epa).- The Chinese economy is not growing strongly enough to power a global recovery from the…
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Labor & Workforce
US unemployment falls amid surprising job gains
Washington, Nov 6 (efe-epa).- The unemployment rate in the United States fell by a percentage point last month to 6.9…
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Business & Economy
Pandemic reduces number of global millionaires, increases in China
Geneva, Oct 22 (efe-epa).- The coronavirus pandemic has reduced the number of millionaires around the world but saw an increase of…
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Trump at odds with Dems, his own party over 2nd Covid-19 stimulus
Washington, Oct 13 (efe-epa).- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US Congress should “go big” on a second coronavirus…
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World Bank forecasts sharper than expected economic slump in South Asia
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, India, Oct 8 (efe-epa).- The World Bank on Thursday warned that South Asia would plunge into…
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