England is hurting, this could be the new normal in the industrialized world

England is trying to claw back from the lockdowns with limited success and will probably be in a recession through the rest of the year.

“The official data released Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that gross domestic product (GDP) fell 20.4 percent in the second quarter — April, May and June — compared to the first quarter. The downturn reflected losses across all sectors, after the country went into a tight lockdown in the third week of March.”

— Karla Adam and Williams Booth, writing for the New York Times