Fortune (October 22)
2024/ 10/ 23 by jd in Global News
“The staggering one-two punch of hurricanes Helene and Milton has been one of the most destructive on record” and Goldman Sachs has pointed out this is “obscuring the view of the U.S. economy.” Combined damages are estimated at $90 billion, with nearly 10% of the population impacted. “Economic data that corresponds to October will be most skewed by the disasters…, potentially masking the precise state of market conditions and ongoing trends.”
Tags: $90 billion, Damages, Destructive, Economic data, Goldman Sachs, Helene, Hurricanes, Impacted, Milton, Obscuring, Skewed, Staggering, Trends, U.S. economy
