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36 November, 2020 United States Global: 1 Availability: 1 Cost: 61 Regulation: 10 Productivity: 2 2020 Global TWI Ranking (out of 76) 2020 Regional TWI Ranking (out of 21) Region: 1 Availability: 1 Cost: 19 Regulation: 2 Productivity: 1 Remote Readiness 1 Remote Readiness 8 $2,449 billion USD has been spent or foregone by the US Government to combat the impact of Covid-19. Approximately an eighth of this amount has been spent in the healthcare sector. The policies to protect livelihoods and jobs under the CARES Act include: • Enhanced and extended unemployment benefits and assistance for the vulnerable • 2 weeks paid sick leave and expansion of Medicare payments • Up to 3 months emergency leave for infected individuals • Tax relief https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-Covid-19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19 Borders are closed to many countries including foreign nationals who have been in China, Iran, European Schengen area, UK, Ireland and Brazil in the previous 14 days. US-Mexico and US-Canada land borders are also closed for all but essential travel. Restrictions are at a state or local level. 11.8% 4.2% 0% 20% United States Regional Ave. % of GDP United States Q4 2019* Q4 2020* % Change YOY Total Workforce 164.4M 160.9M -2% Unemployment Rate (%) 3.6% 6.9% +92% Unemployed Workers 5.9M 11.1M +88% Manpower 2020 Total Workforce Index Workforce Statistics Covid-19 Situation Covid-19 Government Spend as % of GDP Border Closures and Restrictions Additional Government Spending and Foregone Revenue to September 2020 Covid-19 Confirmed Cases and Deaths Reported to WHO (on a weekly basis) *Reported figures at Q4 each year https://covid19.who.int/ https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Fiscal-Policies-Database-in- Response-to-COVID-19 Other Sources: https://data.worldbank.org/ https://ilostat.ilo.org/ https://home.kpmg/xx/en/home/insights/ https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice United States Embassy https://tradingeconomics.com/ https://www.bls.gov/