1. Japan has fallen into recession for the first time since 2015 as the financial toll of the coronavirus continues to escalate. The world's third biggest economy shrank at an annual pace of 3.4% in the first three months of 2020. (via BBC News, NHK)
2. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jay Powell said that the United States would have a slow recovery …
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