Christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as you said in the beginning here its really no surprise to anybody the economy did not do well contract at 3. 5 percent as you said the worst its done since 1946 so its been a long time since the economys contracted that much in a single year and that came off of the 2. 2 percent growth that we saw the year before in 1900 the bottom line here is this is basically every sector was down because of the coronavirus with th
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss. In washington coming up u. S. G. D. P. Close out 2020 at its worst rate since 1046. 00 and shrank by 3. 5 percent and the game stop saga continues as robin hood and other Major Trading partners are stressed in trading as the battle between wall street and small investors continues well explain what this means for future trading with the us pros with christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as y
Aa staff writer for the new yorker. And the author most recently of a novel about a pandemic that came out in this pandemic its called e end of october. I am so fortute and thrilled to talk to two wonderful writers i have enjoyed looking at their books but first of allet me tell you about our structure we will be talking for about minuteshen i wi take audience questions there is a function at the bottom you can ask questions you will have ten or 15 minutes at the end of the session to ask your question. Let me introduce these interestg authors. Aanadian who lives in frce just across the border from geneva wre the World Health Organization is located very conveniently for her. She began her career as a biomedal researcher and a science reporter for the past 36 years mostly with the british magazineew scientist and those that specializin Infectious Disease. For years increasingly urgent warnings of the risk of a pandemic. Mohammed is the howard hues medical Institute Professor biomedic e
Call it a 25 million what if why new comments from President Trump have the media folks getting social media on their side over exxon. And later on, steal a xwas gebaa taco why fans have a new reason to tune into the world series and why prices are sky high for the seats. It is thus, octobuesday, octobe this is boais worldwide exchan got too much time on my hands all right, good morning, good afternoon, good evening from wherever you may be im Brian Sullivan throwing out a little styx and here is another song quote see if you get it. 2020 24 hours to go and maybe the markets want to be sedated that after yesterdays 400 point haircut for the dow and 1. 5 drop on the nasdaq the markets nervous about the nancy pelosi imposed stimulus deadline in 24 hours and maybe also starting to think about much higher taxes if we see a blue sweep but right now, the futures are reversing just a bit not indicating that they will gain back what we lost, but dow futures are up 150 and of course context alw
Of the rising death toll after a cease fire between as a body shot and armenia russia calls for both sides to deescalate. And the sugar plantation in uganda that environmentalists say threatens a protected grain forest of hundreds of its animal species. Us president told trump has been back among the crowds to fire up a campaign that was interrupted by his covert 19 infection trump addressed supporters in florida without a mosque a decision the democratic rival joe biden described as reckless and he gallagher reports from miami. After a dramatic 2 weeks that seen President Donald Trump contract at 19 and to the Walter Reed Medical Center and make an apparent speedy recovery hes now back on the campaign trail his 1st stop Central Florida where thousands gathered to welcome him back following the example of the president many in the crowd didnt wear masks and social distancing was nonexistent as Florida Governor rod dissenters and to the rally he gave high fives to the crowd before touch