Global Issues
World’s Top Exports 2019
The impact of Covid 19 in global trade has been severe both in sectors and regions. It is reasonable to expect a negative growth rate of between -14% and -17% for 2020. World’s Top Exports Report Card for Products and Countries June 23, 2020 by Daniel Workman …
Water: Building Economic Empires
What factor do you think contributes the most to the rise and fall of civilizations? Is it war? The economy? Maybe it’s a disease? Well, those are all wrong. The largest contributing factor that has determined which countries are superpowers and which countries fade into …
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 since March, and its effect on the S&P 500 index. The moment the funds start to flow, the direction of the curve reverses its course …
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 …
A Crisis like no other, an uncertain recovery
Global 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 impact on activity in the first half of 2020 than anticipated, and the recovery is projected …
Policy responses to COVID-19
Background. 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 response, the U.S. has implemented a range of measures including travel restrictions, social distancing, declaration of …