July 3: 100 Food Processing Plants Closed, Mark Zuckerberg Recession, “Worst in Recent History” (Recap ep182)
In today’s Recap, Marcello talks about how suspicious it is that hundreds of food processing plants are closed due to unlikely situations, such as plane crashes; Mark Zuckerberg has said in an employee Q&A session that “this might be one of the worst downturns that we’ve seen in recent history.” The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s U.S. GDP measure, which tracks economic data in real time, but adjusts continuously, sees Quarter 2 output contracting by a full -1%. Coupled with Quarter 1’s decline [...]