IMF: ‘less severe’ but ‘still deep’ recession predicted

[ad_1] In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact, the global economy could experience a recession “somewhat less severe, although still deep” until 2020, as projected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest global economic outlook. The revision is driven by better-than-expected second-quarter gross domestic …

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‘We do not do projects, we do vision’

[ad_1] We have all heard of a growing chasm between American and Israeli Jews. We have heard that young American Jews don’t think much about the national homeland; that their philanthropic dollars and spare change are less likely than in previous generations to go into the blue and white tzedakah …

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Finance Minister of the Year in Sub-Saharan Africa

[ad_1] A master class on damage limitation Few countries have been more affected by the coronavirus pandemic than South Africa. The country suffered a year-on-year GDP contraction of around 17% in the second quarter thanks to some of the world’s tightest lock-in and distancing restrictions. Fortunately, these restrictions have paid …

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