Economic Policy in times of Coronavirus, two approaches
Economic policy in times of Coronavirus, two approaches It is interesting to observe in a graph the correlation between the deluge of money released by the Federal Reserve Board...
World Economic Outlook June 2020, IMF
World Economic Outlook, June 2020 Update Selected Economies Real GDP Growth (Percent change) Difference from April 2020 WEO Projections 1/ Projections 2018201920202021 20202021 Argentina–2.5–2.2–9.93.9 –4.2–0.5 Australia2.81.8–4.54.0 2.2–2.1 Brazil1.31.1–9.13.6 –3.80.7 Canada2.01.7–8.44.9 –2.20.7 China6.76.11.08.2 –0.2–1.0 Egypt 2/5.35.62.02.0 0.0–0.8 France1.81.5–12.57.3 –5.32.8 Germany1.50.6–7.85.4 –0.80.2 India 2/6.14.2–4.56.0 –6.4–1.4 Indonesia5.25.0–0.36.1 –0.8–2.1 Iran 2/–5.4–7.6–6.03.1 0.00.0 Italy0.80.3–12.86.3 –3.71.5 Japan0.30.7–5.82.4 –0.6–0.6 Kazakhstan4.14.5–2.73.0 –0.2–1.1 Korea2.92.0–2.13.0 –0.9–0.4 Malaysia4.74.3–3.86.3 –2.1–2.7 Mexico2.2–0.3–10.53.3 –3.90.3 Netherlands2.61.8–7.75.0 –0.22.0 Nigeria1.92.2–5.42.6 –2.00.2 Pakistan 2/5.51.9–0.41.0 1.1–1.0 Philippines6.36.0–3.66.8 –4.2–0.8 Poland5.34.1–4.64.2 0.00.0 Russia2.51.3–6.64.1 –1.10.6 Saudi Arabia2.40.3–6.83.1 –4.50.2 South Africa0.80.2–8.03.5 –2.2–0.5 Spain2.42.0–12.86.3 –4.82.0 Thailand4.22.4–7.75.0 –1.0–1.1 Turkey2.80.9–5.05.0 0.00.0 United Kingdom1.31.4–10.26.3 –3.72.3 United States2.92.3–8.04.5 –2.1–0.2 Source: International Monetary Fund, World...
A Crisis like no other, an uncertain recovery
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2020/06/24/WEOUpdateJune2020Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative...
Policy responses to COVID-19
https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/imf-and-covid19/Policy-Responses-to-COVID-19#UBackground. The US is facing a widening outbreak of COVID-19 that has claimed the lives of about 91,000 Americans and infected more than 1,528,000 persons across all 50 states. In...
COVID-19 map: Tracking the coronavirus outbreak worldwide
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