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American stockmarkets have enjoyed a record-breaking streak, even though the country’s economy faces the deepest recession in living memory. Why is stockmarket performance so seemingly cut off from current events, and what does this tell us about how the economy works? Read more here: https://econ.st/2OUT5rH

Further reading:

Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/31E02VY

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Read our leader on America’s economy and its banks: https://econ.st/32KiZH2

What Wall Street’s results tell you about America’s economy: https://econ.st/32I1SFC

Americans need more guidance from the Fed: https://econ.st/3eS6DyX

Read about the economies that have started to bounce back: https://econ.st/2OM8fzA

Why stimulus policies must shift as economies start to recover: https://econ.st/3hnBSDB

Listen to our “Checks and Balance” podcast: will covid-19 change the politics of poverty in America? https://econ.st/3hoz4pD

Read about China’s stockmarket: https://econ.st/2Bmvygd

Read our article on the resilience of banks: https://econ.st/3hjG8E2
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    Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst The economy, for some, is on a comma and is only held alive by stimulus which on the long term will be seen as useless. For others, the economy is well and very much alive. What is the reality? For the common citizen, more challenges and harder life. We need to work for a 4th IR digital economy with the ability to empower anyone who is involved and aware.