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Key Takeaways

Global markets held gains as reopening plans continued worldwide; exception being Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index. The US death toll surpasses 100,000. The International Labor Organization said that the Americas will bear the brunt of global job losses.

Conditions Updates

A rundown of important global developments in markets, in business, and region-by-region, as well as statistical risk assessments by country and by US state.

Coronavirus and the Future of Cities

While predictions that the pandemic will spell the end of the modern city are hyperbolic, cities will necessarily undergo physical changes to enable social distancing. The sharp rise in telework will cause businesses to reevaluate large, expensive urban headquarters, while economic pressures may ravage the cultural institutions that draw many to urban centers.

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