Blogs, Opinions and Academic papers
- Responding to COVID-19 in the Developing World - Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale insights)
- The COVID crisis and productivity growth - Filippo di Mauro, Chad Syverson (VoxEU.org)
- Work after COVID: A new regime for independent workers - Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Luca Sartorio (VoxEU.org)
- Weak exports will not stall China's manufacturing recovery - Nicholas R. Lardy and Tianlei Huang (PIIE)
- COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s - Chang Yong Rhee (IMF)
- Cushioning the Poor from the COVID-19 Shock - Rema N. Hanna and Benjamin A. Olken
- Toward a European Reconstruction Fund - Guy Verhofstadt and Luis Garicano
- The unemployment impacts of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession - Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba (Brookings)
- What central banks have done to help the economy survive Covid-19 - Florens Odendahl, Adrian Penalver, Urszula Szczerbowicz (Banque de France)
- Policies to Support People During the COVID-19 Pandemic - IMF Fiscal Monitor
- The COVID-19 Crisis Through the Lens of 1.4 Billion Transactions - Vasco Carvalho et al
- Central Bank publishes two research papers using real-time data on economic impact of Covid-19 - Central Bank of Ireland
- Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic - N Gregory Mankiw (Equitable Growth)
- How the G20 can strengthen access to vital medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19 - Chad P. Bown (PIIE)
- It’s the End of the World Economy as We Know It - Neil Irwin (NYTimes)
- Big US banks should raise $200bn in capital now - Neel Kashkari (FT)
News and Policy Announcements
- ECB supports macroprudential policy actions taken in response to coronavirus outbreak - ECB
- Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures - EU Commission/Council
- IMF Adds Liquidity Line to Strengthen COVID-19 Response - IMF
- Governments face ‘massive’ rise in public debt, IMF warns - FT.com
- Italian debt sinks after ‘corona bond’ plan falters - FT.com
- China GDP: Five things to watch after coronavirus - FT.com
- New data shows vast scale of US economic breakdown - FT.com
- Eurozone faces economic strains as government debt piles up - FT.com
- EU bars bailed-out companies from paying dividends and bonuses - FT.com
- Stop Dawdling. People Need Money - NYTimes
- Europe Goes Back to Work - WSJ.com
- The U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow. - Washington Post