Fitch Ratings has downgraded a record 33 sovereign ratings in the first half of this year, and the agency is not yet done as the coronavirus pandemic affects government finances. James McCormack, global head of sovereign ratings at Fitch, said the agency has placed the credit ratings of 40 countries …
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There are more than 130 possible coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines that researchers around the world are currently working on. Of them, 19 are being tested on humans. After some encouraging initial results, the researchers remain cautiously optimistic that a safe and effective vaccine can be made. Some of the biggest questions …
Read More »Herman Cain hospitalized with Covid-19
Herman Cain, the godfather pizza mogul who twice ran for president and was briefly considered a potential candidate for the Federal Reserve Board under President Donald Trump, was hospitalized Wednesday and is being treated for the coronavirus. Cain, 74, was told Monday that he had tested positive for the disease, …
Read More »‘We have dark clouds on the horizon’
The coronavirus outbreak in the US is getting worse and could threaten New York’s recovery after tight blockades across the state helped suppress the fast-spreading infection, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. . “We have to be careful. We have dark clouds on the horizon and we have made …
Read More »US payroll data provides context around Trump’s support for second-stimulus checks
The United States Congress and the Capitol Dome in Washington DC with cash and check to illustrate the coronavirus … [+] stimulus payment Getty Americans have passed their first round of stimulus checks included in the CARES Act. But the recent appearance of coronavirus It has limited the process of …
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