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US economy likely to have contracted at fastest pace since Great Depression
8.48am BST
UK and European shares are a sea of red now. The FTSE 100 is down 0.8%, falling some 50 points to 6,081, dragged down by Lloyds Banking Group, which reported a much bigger than expected loss for the second quarter this morning. Lloyds shares have tumbled nearly 7% to £26.46 and shares in NatWest Group (rebranded from Royal Bank of Scotland) have fallen nearly 3%.
8.42am BST
The Toulouse-based aircraft maker Airbus has announced new production cuts to its A350 jet, after it slumped to a bigger-than-expected loss for the second quarter.
Like its US rival Boeing, the company has been hit hard by the collapse in air travel caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The crisis has hit demand for wide-body long-haul jets in particular, prompting Airbus to cut its wide-body A350 production to five jets a month, after slashing it from 9.5 to six in April. Boeing also announced further cuts in the production of its 787 and 777 jets yesterday.
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