Page 45 - Global Economy

Corona complexity

Set economic growth aside, intensify redistribution

Coronavirus outbreak: A 21-day lockdown may have cost India Rs 8 trillion

The sectors that have been most impacted are transport, hospitality, and real estate

Investment strategy: Benefit from the collective wisdom of markets

By going with ETFs, you eliminate decision-making, and emotional biases that come into play when picking active funds

Covid-19: Poor countries staring at a debt crisis, says UN report

Many workers in the gig economy, dominated by service sector start-ups, are poorly protected against income losses in a recession

World coronavirus dispatch: Global economies to lose $5 trn in two years

From global economic cost of Covid-19 crisis, to a second relief package by the US, an elusive one by the EU, and Dubai allowing home delivery of liquor - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Global trade likely to fall by 13-32% in 2020 amid Covid-19 outbreak: WTO

Drop in world commerce might be biggest since the Great Depression

Focusing multilateral money

World Bank and IMF must step up to protect pvt sector, govts

Markets shed Covid-19 pessimism with biggest single-day gain since 2009

Sentiment improves as virus spread shows signs of slowing

Railway deal, coronavirus' disruption of global trade to weigh on Concor

While valuations are attractive, disruption will keep volumes muted

Coronavirus-induced recession way worse than 2008 financial crisis: IMF

More than 1 million people worldwide have been infected with Covid-19

Freefalling economies and a million cases lay bare coronavirus damage

In the space of just 24 hours, 6,095 infected people died - nearly twice the total number of deaths in China, where the virus and Covid-19, the disease it causes, originated.

Covid-19: Ending the tyranny of scale?

Scale became critical because of steadily increasing capital intensity that the new technologies engendered

Global economy could shrink by 1% in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic: UN

Taking into account rapidly changing economic conditions, the UN DESA's World Economic Forecasting Model has estimated best and worst-case scenarios for global growth in 2020.

Coronavirus impact: India and China may escape global recession, says UN

With two-thirds of the world's population living in developing countries facing unprecedented economic damage from the Covid-19 crisis, the UN is calling for a $2.5 trillion a rescue package

G20 ministers agree to keep markets open amid coronavirus outbreak

G20 leaders pledged last week to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to limit job and income losses caused by border closures and sweeping shutdowns

Coronavirus impact: Recession in Germany unavoidable, say economic advisors

Germany will not ease measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus before at least April 20, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff said

Beating COVID-19 and the economic pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens the world with disaster. But the crisis also offers govts a rare chance to undertake policy changes that can boost the global economy's long-term growth potential.

Exceptional crisis, exceptional responses

Exceptional circumstances are sometimes the catalyst for exceptional leaders to emerge; they can also be extremely harsh for those who fail the leadership test.

Covid-19 to 'permanently' hit global economic activity this year: Moody's

Financial market volatility is at levels that last occurred during the global financial crisis, said Moody's

US Fed announces more measures to ease dollar crunch, liquidity strains

The Fed also announced its latest effort to reassure dealers and other financial institutions that it will provide as much liquidity as needed to keep markets functioning smoothly.