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Falling Jobless Rate Could Imperil Aid Underpinning the Recovery

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/business/jobs-economy-recovery-aid.html?referringSource=articleShare

Economy improves faster than expected

https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-06-05-2020-11591331442?emailToken=1ca931422a7ece16d63dc01131f45b3bZ7tfEwDj6GOOXX3Ni3lpPXw9Gs93cKpCQxz/BTnh7OUo0f+7d6yx7esKgL7hhCt1S0mHzU4GekBbQDIu8WC5kMKqExozksjBACHTQiFj8mY%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share

The grim racial inequalities behind Americaʼs protests

The grim racial inequalities behind Americaʼs protests Profound economic, health and judicial disparities help explain the fury over George Floydʼs death Jun 3rd 2020 Profound economic, health and judicial disparities help explain the fury over George Floydʼs death ON THE EIGHTH day of protests against the killing of George Floyd, Donald Trump boasted about his record on reducing black poverty and unemployment and passing criminal-justice reform. “My Admin”, he tweeted, “has done more for the Black Community than any president since Abraham Lincoln.” Is that true? Are African-Americans better off under Mr Trump, and what does that have to do with the protests? According to the Census Bureau, African-Americans earn barely three-fifths as much as non-Hispanic whites. In 2018 average black household income was $41,400, compared with $70,600 for whites. That gap is wide. In Britain, where race relations can also be tense, blacks earn 90% as much as whites. The American gap is narrowe

Systemic racism in the economy

https://slate.com/business/2017/06/an-interview-with-richard-rothstein-on-the-color-of-law.html

Failure to Deal with Risks

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Dismal Earnings, Bullish Stock Investors and the Fed’s Invisible Hand

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/business/stock-market-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare