The COVID-19 outbreak is a sharp reminder that pandemics, like other rarely occurring catastrophes, have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future. Even if we cannot prevent dangerous viruses from emerging, we should prepare to dampen their effects on society. The current...
In this paper, we utilize the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s Business Inflation Expectations Survey to uncover how firms are perceiving and reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis focuses on how this shock has affected their inflation expectations going forward. First, we examine wheth...
The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on global businesses and damaged the economy of all the countries across the continent. The sudden outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has given birth to many insecurities, among which the threat to livelihood and lives
“I’m not doing it.” There’s another group that has basically said, “I’m done with the pandemic. I’ve gotten my shots. I’m going into the office. I’m going to do it the way I want to do it.” People in leadership who are a part of t...
JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Xinhua) -- About 65 percent of South African businesses believed that the COVID-19 pandemic will impact their business worse than the 2008/09 global financial crisis, a survey by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday. ...
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Business Expectations We document and evaluate how businesses are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis through August 2020. First, on net, firms see the shock (thus far) largely as a... B Meyer,B Prescott,XS Sheng - The George Washington University, De...
non-essential business closures, and restaurant dine-in services restrictions all helped, though their impact was more modest than PPP's. The magnitudes of both effects vary by industry and owner groups.#Policy responses enacted at the state level during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impact ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken up nearly every consumer category, influencing new consumer behaviors, stifling entire industries and inspiring growth in others, including pockets of the health sector. The health and wellness industry, already a booming$4.5 trillionbusiness, has seen particularly mark...
The COVID-19 pandemic, the worst humanitarian and health crisis the world has seen in the last 100 years, has had devastating effects on families, livelihoods, and economies. Governments’ efforts to enforce work-from-home rules and limit congregation as critical publ...
Therefore, Covid-19 pandemic offers great opportunities for companies to actively engage with their CSR strategies and agendas. However, the pandemic has pushed many firms out of business, and if not to the brink of collapse. It is becoming even more important to understand what drives some ...