In Russia, 1.4 million new credit cards were issued in the second quarter of 2020, which is 50.5% less compared to the same period in 2019 (2.83 million units). Such data are provided by the National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBCH). Against the backdrop of quarantine measures and the economic consequences of the pandemic, banks began to tighten their credit policies more and more.

The tax from January 1, 2021 will increase by 15% for dividends and income transferred from Russia. The decision was made by Cyprus after discussing a proposal from Russia to amend the Agreement on the Elimination of Double Taxation (DTT).

In July 2020, fewer banknotes entered circulation than in the pre-crisis February. From the statistics of the Central Bank that 179 billion rubles were put into circulation. in the form of cash banknotes. This is much less than in previous months, which saw the peak of volatility in financial markets and the pandemic in Russia.

At the auction of the New York Stock Exchange Comex on August 4, 2020, the price of contracts for the supply of gold reached $ 2,000.25 per troy ounce (31.1 grams). In the morning, gold was trading at $ 1970, and then the price began to rise sharply.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce, U.S. GDP in the second quarter of 2020 contracted 32.9% year-over-year. The contraction of the world's largest economy was recorded for the first time in the history of statistical quarterly observation, which has been conducted since 1947.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published new data on the GDP of the countries of the world in 2019. The United States retains the world's largest gross domestic product of $ 21,482 billion. This is significantly more than other countries.

In general, the United States economy is significantly ahead of other states in terms of absolute GDP. Compared with last year, the US gross domestic product grew by $ 1.07 billion. The gap from China remains at $ 7310 billion.

In Europe, the owners of bank cards of the Visa payment system on June 1 experienced difficulties in the calculations. Visa is trying to fix the problems caused, allegedly, by a failure in the system.

Germany's largest bank Deutsche Bank plans to reduce the number of employees globally to more than 7 thousand people, which will be the first major step of the new CEO in an effort to reduce costs and restore profitability.

In the first quarter of 2018, economic growth in the euro area slowed, and industrial production in March grew less than expected. This is reported by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat).

More and more countries avoid investments in US debt obligations. Is the hegemony of the US dollar coming to an end? Over the past few years, the dollar has been supported by demand from foreign central banks, but now everything has changed. Now even Japan reduces the amount of treasuries in its reserves - according to the table, the state debt of the countries of the world in 2017 the country is on the first place.