Winter is Coming, stimulus and Presidential Debate, Brexit

30 wrz 2020

The number of deaths from coronavirus in the world has exceeded 1 million people. That is, in terms of the absolute number of deaths, the coronavirus is almost like tuberculosis and is close to deaths on the roads. And given how things are going and the fact that it is far from the end of the year and many experts say that winter can sharply intensify the incidence of diseases, there is every chance of catching up and overtaking diabetes and entering the top 5 causes of death in 2020. That in itself makes one think about the seriousness of the problem and its not far-fetched, as many still think.

Democrats in the United States, meanwhile, have finalized their vision for the new stimulus package. We are talking about the aid package to the US economy in the amount of $ 2.2 trillion. (in the previous version of HEROES act it was $ 3.4 trillion), which will include $ 1,200 stimulus check; $ 600 Extra Federal Unemployment Benefit; State and City Aid ($ 436 billion); Small business support; Funding For Airline Industry Workers; Education and childcare ($ 225 billion); and other items covering election security, U.S. Postal Service funding, worker safety, food security, and coronavirus testing, tracing, and treatment.

We have already noted that the chances of the adoption of the bill in this version are minimal, therefore the optimism associated with this aid package is clearly unfounded.

The UK and the EU started the final round of talks yesterday. Financial markets are waiting for a breakthrough in the negotiation process. The chances of this are quite high, given that both parties need a deal. But the contradictions between the EU and Britain are very significant. So we will observe with interest the progress of the negotiations and their outcome.

It was no less interesting to watch the US Presidential Debate yesterday. If we sum up the press, we get the following characteristics: the worst debate in history, disgrace, mess, circus. As it is not difficult to guess, the initiator of this was Trump, who was rude, constantly interrupted the opponent, lied and behaved extremely inappropriately, however, as usual.