NEGÓCIOS
EUA vão endividar-se em $3b para combater o coronavírus
May 5, 2020 -
O Tesouro dos EUA tenciona endividar-se em $3 biliões no segundo
trimestre de 2020 – mais de cinco vezes o anterior recorde trimestral
no auge da crise financeira de 2008 – para as despesas da pandemia.
The Treasury Department said the huge sum is needed to pay for nearly $3 trillion in rescue aid that the government has unleashed in programs to support tens of millions of jobless workers and shuttered businesses with direct payments and loans.
In addition, the government needs to borrow to cover the shortfall in revenue that will occur because the Trump administration has delayed the deadline for tax payments this year from April to June.
The Treasury’s latest estimate comes after budget watchdogs hiked estimates for 2020’s federal deficit. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projected on April 13 that the budget shortfall would nearly quadruple to $3.8 trillion from $984 billion this year.