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Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
2021-03-30

The European Central Bank expands its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme by €500 billion to €1.85 trillion and extends the scheme to March 2022, saying it expects "a more pronounced near-term impact of the pandemic on the Eurozone economy and a more protracted weakness in inflation than previously envisaged".
2020-12-10

The Eurostat reports that consumer prices in the Eurozone have deflated from 0.4% in July to -0.2% in August, the bloc's first deflation since May 2016.
2020-09-1

The UK's national debt exceeds £2 trillion ($2.61tn) for the first time, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
2020-08-21

Casual Dining Group, which owns the Bella Italia and Café Rouge United Kingdom restaurant chains, collapses into administration with 1,900 immediate job losses.
2020-07-2

The U.S. unemployment rate hits 14.7%, the highest since the Great Depression, mainly due to job losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-8

Sudan's Health Minister Akram Ali Altom says that his country urgently needs 120{{nbsp}}million to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. While the country has registered relatively few cases and two deaths, Altom says that if it spreads, the country is not prepared to face it.
2020-04-11

G20 finance ministers said they will present an action plan to address the debt vulnerabilities, as well as delivering financial aid to emerging economies.
2020-03-31

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to set up a second vote on a coronavirus relief stimulus bill for Monday.
2020-03-22

Solomon Islands bans all travelers from China, South Korea and Japan. Health minister Dickson Mua also says that the country has suspended flights to Brisbane, Australia, and banned all civil servants from overseas travel in an effort to contain COVID-19.
2020-03-14