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Amazon's Amit Agarwal believes that small and medium-sized businesses are transforming digitally and will play a crucial role in India's economic recovery. With 700,000 small businesses selling on Amazon India and tens of thousands of Indian manufacturers using the platform to drive $2 billion in
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A sober Jay Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, delivered a message that spooked markets on Wednesday, but also reinforced the central bank's determination to keep pumping huge amounts of monetary stimulus into the economy. Powell's gloomy stance, attributing the slowdown in the US recovery to
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Economists and investors are bracing for market volatility and potential disruptions to the economic recovery as the US election looms. Federal Reserve officials, who will meet later this week, are likely to consider shoring up financial markets if there is a contested or uncertain outcome, with some economists predicting the
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As the world continues to grapple with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks in the US, UK, and Australia are gearing up for critical policy meetings that could shape the future of their economies. The Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the Reserve Bank of Australia
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, families and schools have struggled with the challenges of schooling and the potential lasting impact on childhood learning. Despite this, the issue of school reopening has not been a dominant theme in the 2020 presidential campaign, with both President Trump and Joe Biden focusing on other
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As the US election enters its final stretch, the COVID-19 pandemic is surging in many states, with over 8 million Americans infected and over 70,000 new cases reported in one day over the weekend. The pandemic's impact on the economy is also being felt, with the world
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the US economy is showing signs of recovery, with the unemployment rate falling to 8.4% - a significant decrease from the record high seen in the spring. Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, attributes this progress to the reopening of the
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The eurozone has entered deflation for the first time in four years, with headline consumer price inflation falling to minus 0.2 percent in August, from a 0.4 percent increase the previous month. The decline, attributed to lower oil prices and economic factors in Germany, France, Italy, and Belgium,
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The eurozone has experienced its first deflation in four years, with headline consumer price inflation falling to minus 0.2 percent in August, down from an increase of 0.4 percent in the previous month. The drop was attributed to lower oil prices, Germany's value-added tax rate cut,
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As President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president, his campaign emphasized a law-and-order message to appeal to voters concerned about violent unrest in US cities. However, many pollsters and analysts remain skeptical that this strategy will be enough to win him the election, given his current polling deficit.
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The House Committee on Appropriations has given its approval "in principle" to the funding provision of the proposed Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Act. The measure now seeks to grant additional paid-up capital of P7.5 billion and P2.5 billion
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As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US, Homebase, a software company that helps small businesses with scheduling and hiring, made a crucial discovery. The company saw that the lockdowns to contain the virus were having a huge impact on its clients, leading to mass closures and slashing employee hours worked.
