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Mashup Score: 52
The global economy is climbing out from the depths to which it had plummeted during the Great Lockdown in April. But with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread, many countries have slowed reopening and some are reinstating partial lockdowns to protect susceptible populations. While recovery in China has been faster than expected, the global economy’s long ascent back to pre-pandemic levels…
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Mashup Score: 88
The global economy is climbing out from the depths to which it had plummeted during the Great Lockdown in April. But with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread, many countries have slowed reopening and some are reinstating partial lockdowns to protect susceptible populations. While recovery in China has been faster than expected, the global economy’s long ascent back to pre-pandemic levels…
Source: IMFCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
October IMF report on the economic cost of #COVID19 suppression. The interpretation feels a bit waffly in places and some arguments are convoluted. Though, in short, it confirms #COVID19 suppression is costly, with women and the young being worst affected. https://t.co/LNjZ2R9dPi https://t.co/Hu1zIuct8b
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Mashup Score: 1Lack of Human Capital is Holding Back Latin America’s Growth - 4 year(s) ago
In 1990, Latin America’s average GDP per capita was a little over a quarter of the United States’ income level, while emerging and developing Asian countries’ GDP per capita was only 5 percent. In 2019, Asian countries had grown fourfold, but Latin America was still at the same level.
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RT @glassmanamanda: Lack of Human Capital is Holding Back #LatinAmerica’s Growth https://t.co/JJGCTA8YNB
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Mashup Score: 1World Economic Outlook Update, June 2020: A Crisis Like No Other, An Uncertain Recovery - 4 year(s) ago
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 to be more gradual than previously forecast. In 2021 global growth is projected at 5.4 percent. Overall, this would leave 2021…
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ICYMI @IMFNews forecasts downgraded economic outlook: "a crisis like no other, an uncertain recovery" @GitaGopinath said. "A synchronized, deep downturn" in most of world impacted by #COVID19 #pandemic https://t.co/FxutdRgOfc In US 2020 -8.0% decline dependent on stopping spread https://t.co/b0ZTEGSUjG
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Mashup Score: 26World Economic Outlook, April 2020: The Great Lockdown - 4 year(s) ago
The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global economy is projected to contract sharply by –3 percent in 2020, much worse than during the 2008–09 financial crisis. In a baseline scenario–which assumes that the pandemic fades in the second half of…
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The IMF projects a global recession, but is expecting a smaller impact on the developing world https://t.co/BblafC9Opw @JustinSandefur and @arvindsubraman look into the growth projections and question whether the IMF's relative optimism is justified https://t.co/gn3QERFYuW https://t.co/EEHl2Gq8rv
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Mashup Score: 0Schedule - 4 year(s) ago
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Now listening to @KGeorgieva #IMFMeetings saying her #1 priority is FIRST to protect #healthcare systems and #2 to protect livelihoods. #Health before the economy; #SaveLives, Save the Economy https://t.co/QPCBDU20tT @IMFMeetings @IMFNews #COVID19 #PublicHealth #HealthEconomics https://t.co/pGU8TcuX0z
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The @FT graph you're showing is the correlation between #COVID19 deaths and economic downturn. For a correlation between 'lockdown stringency' and economic downturn, have a look at the October IMF report. https://t.co/LNjZ2R9dPi https://t.co/HycTpqQtFQ https://t.co/6UJ7UowqVb