The Day at a Glance | May 5 2020

Advanced economies start to plan their reopening After several weeks of quarantine in Europe and the United States, some confinement measures to stop the virus`s spread have started to loosen. With the worst of the virus left behind, more than four million workers have returned to their jobs in Italy, while Spain has allowed its

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El Día en Minutos | 5 de mayo de 2020

Inician planes de reapertura en economías avanzadas Después de varias semanas de cuarentena en Europa y EE.UU., han comenzado a relajarse algunas de las medidas de confinamiento para detener la propagación del virus SARS-COV-2. Con lo peor del virus atrás, más de cuatro millones de trabajadores han vuelto a sus labores en Italia, mientras que

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The Day at a Glance | May 4 2020

US-China tensions rekindle Over the weekend, statements were made by US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pointing at China as the culprit for the pandemic, and have talked about possible retaliatory measures. Americans have blamed Beijing`s government for mishandling COVID-19`s outbreak which occurred at the beginning of the year and caused

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El Día en Minutos | 4 de mayo de 2020

Reviven tensiones China-EE.UU. Durante el fin de semana, declaraciones del Presidente estadounidense Donald Trump y su Secretario de Estado, Mike Pompeo, han señalado a China como culpable de la pandemia por COVID-19 y han sugerido posibles medidas de retaliación por parte de EE.UU. contra el país asiático. Los estadounidenses han iniciado ataques contra el régimen

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The Day at a Glance | April 30 2020

Mexico records its deepest contraction since 2009 INEGI estimates suggest that the Mexican economy contracted at a (-) 2.4% annual rate during 1Q20 (-1.6% quarter over quarter). With this, three consecutive quarters have recorded contractions (quarter over quarter, it would be five consecutive quarters), and the first quarter of 2020 recorded the largest annual rate

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El Día en Minutos | 30 de abril de 2020

México registra su mayor contracción desde 2009 Estimaciones del INEGI sugieren que la economía mexicana se contrajo (-) 2.4% a tasa anual durante el 1T20 (-1.6% trimestre a trimestre). Con esto se ligan ya tres trimestres consecutivos de contracciones a tasa anual (cinco trimestre a trimestre) y el primer trimestre de este año registró la

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The Day at a Glance | April 29 2020

US economy contracts more than expected in 1Q20 Data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce confirmed a quarterly annualized (-) 4.8% contraction in the first quarter of the year. The contraction was observed in practically all of the GDP`s components, except government spending (0.7%), which recorded its lowest

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El Día en Minutos | 29 de abril de 2020

Se contrae la economía estadounidense más de lo esperado en 1T20 Datos del Buró de Análisis Económico del Departamento de Comercio en EE.UU. confirmaron una contracción de (-) 4.8% trimestral anualizado en la eooncmía durante el primer trimestre del año. La contracción se dio en prácticamente todos los componentes del PIB, a excepción del gasto

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The Day at a Glance | April 28 2020

WTI drops again The West Texas Intermediate (WTI), American crude oil price reference, has fallen a little over 37% in the last two sessions and approaches $10 dollars per barrel. Some funds and investors have started to get rid of their June futures contracts in light of fears that they could reach negative prices in

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