On the 16th in the US New York stock market , the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made by major companies, hit a record high for the first time in nine months. The new coronavirus of vaccine expected to commercialization, was pushed up US stock prices to a level higher than the previous corona crisis. The market is optimistic about the outlook for the US economy, but the current infection situation is steadily worsening and the risk of a catastrophic collapse is smoldering.
GDP for the July-September quarter exceeded most private-sector expectations and reached record growth rates. However, there is a strong aspect of autonomous repulsion from the previous term, when economic activity stopped due to the state of emergency and fell into the worst negative growth after the war.
The first preliminary report of gross domestic product (GDP) for the July-September period increased by 5.0% from the previous period (April-June) in real terms.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the morning of the 13th that the number of reported cases of new coronavirus infection exceeded 1,600, the highest number ever on the 12th, and that the infection is spreading, "State of emergency and" Go To campaign " Experts have also indicated that they are not in such a situation at this time.
Experiments with hamsters have shown that the mutant types of the new coronavirus that are currently prevalent around the world are more infectious than the types first identified in Wuhan, China.