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Fed's Main Street loan volume picks up but still modest

Reuters
31 Jul 2020
  United States

Dining-in is back on the menu as Hong Kong government U-turns on ban

The Straits Times
30 Jul 2020
  Hong Kong, China

S. Korea, US extend $60b currency swap deal by 6 months amid pandemic

Inquirer.net
30 Jul 2020
  Republic of Korea;   United States

Hong Kong implements strict measures amid new cases

BBC News
29 Jul 2020
  Hong Kong, China

Bangladesh Bank lowers bank rate after 17 years to offset COVID-19 effects

bdnews24
29 Jul 2020
  Bangladesh

Maldives begins to pay risk allowance for frontline workers

The Edition
29 Jul 2020
  Maldives

United States donates $902,000 worth of laboratory equipment and supplies to Uzbekistan

US Embassy Uzbekistan
29 Jul 2020
  United States;   Uzbekistan

Fed announces extension in lending facilities until end of the year

Reuters
28 Jul 2020
  United States

ADB provides $3 million grant to India to combat COVID-19

ADB
28 Jul 2020
  India

US doubles spending on potential coronavirus vaccine to nearly US$1 billion

The Straits Times
27 Jul 2020
  United States

Republicans unveil coronavirus plan, slash emergency unemployment benefit

Reuters
27 Jul 2020
  United States

Over MVR 27 mln disbursed as Income Support Allowance: Finance Ministry

The Edition
27 Jul 2020
  Maldives

Fed's Main Street lending inches up as balance sheet holds above $7 trillion

Reuters
24 Jul 2020
  United States

Fed broadens access to three emergency lending facilities

Reuters
24 Jul 2020
  United States

Press Release on Monetary Policy Statement 2020

Market Screener
23 Jul 2020
  Bhutan

Sri Lanka bnks no longer ‘scared’ to grant Covid-19 loans

Regulation Asia
23 Jul 2020
  Sri Lanka

U.S. Embassy provides personal protective equipment to the Committee on Emergency Situations

US Embassy in Tajikistan
22 Jul 2020
  Tajikistan;   United States

BB announces Tk 26,292cr credit programme for rural economy

UNB
22 Jul 2020
  Bangladesh

Millions of people in Myanmar benefit from U.S. assistance on COVID-19

US Embassy in Burma
22 Jul 2020
  Myanmar;   United States

US national capital mandates masks as cases spike

Anadolu Agency
22 Jul 2020
  United States