Fed warns more cash is needed as US figures reveal widening inequality
- Jerome Powell: pace of downturn ‘without modern precedent’
- Lowest-paid Americans hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic
More evidence of how the coronavirus pandemic is widening income inequality has emerged after the Federal Reserve announced 40% of households earning less than $40,000 included someone who has lost a job since February.
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