2020 stock market crash
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On 20 February 2020, stock markets across the world suddenly crashed after growing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ended on 7 April 2020.
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announces a 50 basis point cut in the federal funds rate target on 3 March 2020 in light of "evolving risks to economic activity" from the coronavirus
On 11 March 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended an 11-year bull market run and entered a bear market. Symbolic statues from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange pictured.
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy
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The COVID-19 pandemic in Italy is part of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Exhausted nurse takes a break in an Italian hospital during the COVID-19 emergency
Empty shelves at the Esselunga supermarket in Bergamo, 26 February 2020
Montage of notices on shops in Bologna declaring their temporary closure, or requiring people to stay at least one metre apart
Queue in front of a supermarket after the introduction of social distancing rules