美国新冠疫情日记5/19 Political Wrestling And Economic Recovery

    Political Wrestling And Economic Recovery

Congress passed the Heroes Act last Friday which includes $3 billion in funding to help local and state governments and other relief projects. This bill currently is in the U.S. Senate awaiting final approval. As speaker Pelosi said, we just can’t wait, but most of senators do not agree to give one billion dollars to local and state governments. This is mostly because many of the state governments are in the hands of the Democrats.

The Federal Reserve Bank chairman has urged the federal government to take the most effective way to help local governments and private businesses to control the pandemic. Hopefully, this may mean we can expect an economic rebound soon.

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are warning the world that each country needs to come up with a recovery plan to rescue their failing economies.  Today, Japan and India both have developed huge recovery plans that include cash handouts to all their citizens.

The Coronavirus pandemic is the largest global issue today. We think the world economy is also a huge global issue.  We have arrived at a time when we are all dependent on each other. Today, the two economic superpowers, China and the United States, are fighting about economic issues and military conflict in the South China Sea. 

We urge both nations to not misjudge each other. The world needs peace and we don’t want to see these conflicts bring another catastrophe to the globe.

     经济復甦和政治角力

上週五在民主党主控的众议院通过了三兆美金之英雄经济方案，目前正等待在共和党控制之参议院手中，众议院议长佩洛西说：“我们无法等待，因为疫情之蔓延是不等待我们的。”共和党对于提案中将会给予各州及地方政府一兆美元之资助不同意，因为州及地方政府多半是民主党在执政。

中央银行总裁鲍尔今天再度呼吁联邦政府必须伸出援手，才能拯救全国经济的復甦，他预期如果在疫情可控的情况下，美国经济可望下半年反弹。

世界银行及国际货币基金会同时向全球发出严重警告，希望世界各国推出有效及充裕之纾困方案，来挽救受到新冠病毒之严重伤害的经济，诸如日本、印度等经济大国已经释出庞大预算拯救私人企业并向国民发放现金。

我们认为，各国在纷纷推出自已之经济纾困案，也许解决一时之困境，但全球之困难不可能得到解决，今天世界之局势充满变数，中美两大经济体从关税贸易、疫情争端、南海对峙、台湾问题，正在世界政治之大舞台进行角力，我们呼吁双方不可误判局势，造成军事冲突，给世界带来毁灭性的灾难。