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This cruel summer

  • 7 August 2020

With GDP down in double digits in virtually all global economies, ING's Carsten Brzeski reflects that this truly is a 'cruel summer'. It's also the headline of our August Economic Update. We look too at who's most effective in the credit markets, the Fed or the ECB. And why is our man in New York so worried?

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7 August 2020

Carsten on 2020's cruel summer

'A cruel summer' was a big hit back in 1984. 36 years later, it could be the soundtrack of 2020 as the impact of the Covid-19 crisis is revealed…

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