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Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2021 (Second Estimate); Corporate Profits, 1st Quarter 2021 (Preliminary Estimate) | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 (table 1), according to the "second" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter of 2020, real GDP increased 4.3 percent.
Grand Reopening to Test Consumers’ Appetite to Keep Spending
Western consumers are starting to indulge in services that were off limits during the lockdown. Businesses, economists and policy makers are trying to discern whether that shift will mean a cutback in spending on goods.
The (Un)Vaccinated Consumer - Earnest Research BlogEarnest Research Blog
We looked across various states to understand how local economies are responding to vaccine rollouts and easing restrictions.
Covid’s Next Challenge: The Growing Divide Between Rich and Poor Economies
The U.S., U.K. and China are roaring ahead, while most lower income nations are struggling, reversing decades of progress in alleviating global poverty. “This has become the inequality virus.”
Air Travel Is Back, Including All the Things You Hated
Passenger volumes hit pandemic records over the weekend, and with them are higher ticket prices, crowded planes, TSA lines. ‘Selfishly, I like an empty airplane.’
Fewer jobs have been lost in the EU than in the U.S. during the COVID-19 downturn
Roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 downturn; only about 2.6 million EU workers lost jobs in this period.