The aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rock the global economy. Following the shutdowns of 2020 and the supply chain challenges of 2021, another wave of disruptions is now breaking over businesses around the world: rising input prices. Accurate cost models and advanced digital ...
The aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rock the global economy. Following the shutdowns of 2020 and the supply chain challenges of 2021, another wave of disruptions is now breaking over businesses around the world: rising input prices. Accurate cost models and advanced digital ...
The government is set to report another shocking level of unemployment claims Thursday even after nearly 10 million people applied for benefits in the previous two weeks because of business shutdowns from the coronavirus. The number will likely keep increasing, in part because many states are still...
Senate Bill 29 prohibits state and local governments from implementing mask or vaccine mandates to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The bill also prohibits mandatory school or business closures. National Biden signs bill on COVID origins declassification Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 6:16 AM GMT...
Hence, based on the stringency index studies, we find that mandated lockdowns in Europe and the United States had a relatively small effect on COVID-19 mortality rates. Since almost all countries instituted some pandemic response, we cannot reject the hypothesis that some NPIs would be required...
resell returned merchandise, has seen a 20% decrease in average weekly returns volumes during the recent stage of the pandemic2. Similarly, Returnly3, the digital return platform for direct-to-consumer brands, saw e-commerce return rates fall by 21% in the weeks following mandated ...
A more detailed understanding of the progression of expenses is critical to ongoing policy debates around the appropriate provision of cash liquidity to the sector, and the potential for further shutdowns and revenue losses in the future. Figure 1: While small business cash bal...
These financial products are expected to be in demand during the pandemic due to social distancing, stay-at-home recommendations, business shutdowns, and hence, requiring digital solutions that FinTechs provide. This leads to our third hypothesis: Hypothesis 3 (H3): The response of FinTech ...
In addition, reduced aerosol loadings during the prolonged shutdown could also lead to ozone enhancements through increased photolysis rates (e.g. Hollaway et al., 2019) and diminished uptake of hydroperoxyl radicals (HO2) that remove NO from the atmosphere (Li et al., 2019). Show abstract...
the top states that experienced the most significant drop rates due to the business closure policy are Hawaii, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. For the food industry, New Hampshire, Hawaii, and South Dakota experience the most significant drop rates (over 50% declines) from the business closure polic...