We investigate the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the role played by credit constraints in the transmission mechanism, using a novel survey of exBalduzzi, PierluigiBrancati, EmanueleBrianti, MarcoSchiantarelli, FabioSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
differentiating between demand support and emergency lifelines, have been effective in mitigating the negative effects of containment measures. To answer this question, we use data from theIMF Policy Trackerand theYale COVID-19 Financial Response Trackerwhich compile discretionary fiscal measures in...
(Reuters) -Five years after the World Health Organization first described the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, its effects are still being felt on the global economy. COVID-19 and efforts to contain it triggered record government debt, hit labour markets and shifted consumer behaviou...
COVID-19 economic impact environment markets wasteThe coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the world, and its impact has permeated virtually all facets of society. The next wave of the COVID-19 shock will trigger another or more protracted recession in many countries, with annual growth projected to ...
From expansion to contraction and back again?The logarithmic progressions of new COVID-19 cases indicate that the curves in the East (China and South Korea) are now essentially flat. The curves are flattening in Iran, reaching an apex in Western Europe, and yet climbing in the Unite...
1 The results document significant spillovers from the pandemic but no spillover effects for city lockdown. The findings also show that COVID-19 had a continuing but much reduced economic impact during the immediate post-pandemic periods whereas city lockdown had no dynamic impact beyond the ...
Finally, we find that student–teacher contact has dropped from a pre-COVID-19 rate of 96% to just 17% among households with school-aged children. These findings can inform decisions by governments and international organizations on measures to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Based on household-level fixed-effects regressions, our results suggest that income from work decreased with almost one-third and income from gifts and remittances reduced by more than one-third after the start of the pandemic. Nevertheless, household expenditures on food remained at pre-COVID ...
Finally, the second phase of our analysis covered the period from January 2021 to June 2023, a time when the impact of EVCS installations on local businesses may have been uniquely shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, further research is crucial to assess the effects of EVCS installations...
7 There has been a gradual decline in unemployment from its peak in 2020 and it is back at the pre-COVID-19 levels. Moving forward, Indonesia has set a target for 2025 to reduce unemployment to within 4.5 to 5.0 percent.8Inflation: Inflation moderated to 1.57 percent at the end of the...