cr：彭博新闻社
全球冠状病毒病例接近3000万，死亡人数接近100万。韩国报告了六天来最大的病例增长，而西班牙正在努力控制新的疫情。新西兰在第二季度遭受了大萧条以来最严重的经济衰退，因为在全国范围内对冠状病毒进行了严格的封锁，使该国陷入困境静止不动。经济合作与发展组织认为，世界经济可能比先前预测的更好地抵御这场大流行。美国总统特朗普表示，冠状病毒疫苗最早可能在10月份向公众广泛分发，这与他的一些高级卫生官员从春季到2021年底的声明相矛盾。
《人民日报》援引国药冠状病毒疫苗研究团队的话称，该公司的灭活Covid-19疫苗已在三期临床试验中用于儿童、青少年、成人和老年人，目前正在紧急授权下使用。
澳大利亚失业率下降，一半失业率回升
随着维多利亚洲中央银行（lockovid）经济刺激政策的出台，澳大利亚失业率意外下降，超过19人的失业率下降。
悉尼统计局周四公布的数据显示，失业率从7月份的7.5%降至6.8%，而经济学家预测的中值上升至7.7%。8月就业人数激增11.1万人，远好于预期的3.5万人下降。参与率上升到64.8%，而估计下降到64.6%。
新西兰经济出现自大萧条以来最严重萎缩
新西兰在第二季度遭受了大萧条以来最严重的经济衰退，因为在全国范围内对冠状病毒的严格封锁使该国陷入停滞。
新西兰统计局周四在惠灵顿说，国内生产总值（gdp）较第一季度下降了12.2%。这是自1977年有季度记录以来最大的三个月收缩。经济学家预测将下降12.5%。与一年前相比，中国经济萎缩了12.4%，是1955年可比官方数据中最大的一次。
学术研究显示，新西兰正经历一场比大萧条时期更为剧烈但持续时间更短的经济冲击，当时国内生产总值1931年下降了5.3%，1932年又下降了7.1%。科维德的衰退也不像最初担心的那样糟糕。这个南太平洋国家成功地消除了病毒在社区内的传播，使病毒得以早日走出封锁状态，各项指标显示，随着消费者大肆消费，第三季度的经济增长大幅上升。
Global Cases Near 30 Million; N. Z. Economy Slumps: Virus Update
cr：Bloomberg News
Global coronavirus cases are nearing 30 million, with the death toll approaching 1 million. South Korea reported its biggest jump in cases in six days, while Spain is struggling to control a fresh outbreak.New Zealand suffered its worst economic slump since the Great Depression in the second quarter as a strict nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus brought the country to a standstill.The OECD said the world economy may withstand the pandemic better than previously forecast.President Donald Trump said a coronavirus vaccine could be distributed widely to the public as early as October, contradicting statements by some of his top health officials that ranged from the spring to the end of 2021.
The company’s inactivated Covid-19 vaccines have been given to children, teenagers, adults and the elderly in Phase-III clinical trials and are currently being used under emergency authorization, People’s Daily said, citing Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine research team.
Australia Unemployment Drops as Half of Jobs Lost Recovered
Australian unemployment unexpectedly fell as government subsidies and central bank stimulus saw the labor market withstand Victoria’s renewed lockdown, with more than half of the jobs lost from the Covid-19 outbreak recovered.
The jobless rate dropped to 6.8% from 7.5% in July versus the economists’ median estimate of an increase to 7.7%, data from the statistics bureau showed Thursday in Sydney. Employment surged by 111,000 in August, far better than an expected 35,000 drop. The participation rate gained to 64.8%, compared with an estimated fall to 64.6%.
New Zealand Economy Shrinks The Most Since Great Depression
New Zealand suffered its worst economic slump since the Great Depression in the second quarter as a strict nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus brought the country to a standstill.
Gross domestic product plunged 12.2% from the first quarter, Statistics New Zealand said Thursday in Wellington. That’s the biggest three-month contraction since quarterly records began in 1977. Economists forecast a 12.5% decline. From a year earlier, the economy shrank 12.4%, the most recorded in comparable official data dating back to 1955.
New Zealand is going through a sharper but shorter economic shock than it experienced during the depression, when GDP fell 5.3% in 1931 and a further 7.1% in 1932, according to academic research. Nor is the Covid slump as bad as initially feared. The South Pacific nation succeeded in eliminatingcommunity spread of the virus, allowing it to emerge early from lockdown, and indicators suggest growth surged in the third quarter as consumers went on a spending spree.
