US unemployment
Initial claims, millions
6
6,648,000 Americans filed jobless claims in the last week of March
5
4
3
2
220,000 people made claims in early January
1
0
4 January
28 March
S&P 500
Index
3,400
3,200
3,000
2,800
2,600
The S&P fell to 2,237.4
2,400
2,200
Jan 2019
6 April 2020
UK interest rates
%
6
4
Interest rates were cut to their lowest ever – just 0.1%
2
0
January 2000
March 2020
UK GDP
Annual change, %
2
0
GDP fell by 4.2% after the financial crisis of 2008
-2
-4
2000
2009
2019
US unemployment
S&P 500
Initial claims, millions
Index
6
3,400
6,648,000 Americans filed jobless claims in the last week of March
5
3,200
4
3,000
3
2,800
2
2,600
220,000 people made claims in early January
The S&P fell to 2,237.4
1
2,400
0
2,200
4 January
28 March
Jan 2019
6 April 2020
UK interest rates
UK GDP
%
Annual change, %
6
2
4
0
Interest rates were cut to their lowest ever – just 0.1%
GDP fell by 4.2% after the financial crisis of 2008
2
-2
-4
0
January 2000
March 2020
2000
2009
2019
US unemployment
S&P 500
UK interest rates
UK GDP
Initial claims, millions
Index
%
Annual change, %
6
3,400
6
2
6,648,000 Americans filed jobless claims in the last week of March
5
3,200
4
3,000
4
0
GDP fell by 4.2% after the financial crisis of 2008
3
2,800
Interest rates were cut to their lowest ever – just 0.1%
2
2,600
2
-2
220,000 people made claims in early January
1
2,400
The S&P fell to 2,237.4
-4
0
2,200
0
4 January
28 March
Jan 2019
6 April 2020
January 2000
March 2020
2000
2009
2019