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UK inflation slowed in April and unemployment claims soared above 2 million, on top of the 8 million furloughed workers
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Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair
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Reduced lockdown restrictions are proving difficult to enforce amid a rise in infections
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The uncertainty over governments’ ability to contain the spread of COVID-19 is fuelling financial market volatility
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Younger generations are less at risk from COVID-19 but are hit disproportionately by the lockdown imposed to curb it
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The US unemployment rate nearly quadrupled in April to 14.7%, the highest since the 1930s and up from 3.5% in February
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Supply chain convulsions caused by the COVID-19 shutdowns have spread to mining, the most upstream sector
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The government is seeking to cut its current budget by 50%, but is also promising new social support
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The IMF is the world’s first responder to economic crises, and low-and-middle-income nations are under severe stresses.
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Manufacturing PMIs plunged in the euro-area, India and South-east Asia and fell notably in United States and East Asia
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