US and German economies suffer largest quarterly contraction in decades

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The US and German economies recorded their worst quarterly performance in decades in the second quarter of the year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Real US GDP declined at an annual rate of 32.9% between April and June, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today (July 30). In the first quarter the annual rate of decrease was 5% of real GDP.

“Today’s US GDP release confirmed that the Covid-19 crisis brought about the fastest decline in US activity since the Great Depression, but to markets

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