Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

SOUTH AFRICA - Durban - 08 July 2020 - Grade 11 pupils from J.G Zuma High School in Kwamashu, Durban queue early in the morning joining other pupils over 2 million from grade R, 6 and 11 pupils as they return to the classrooms after almost four months at home.Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/RealTime Images/ABACAPRESS.COMNo Use South Africa out.

Future Development

Financing a comprehensive and equitable COVID-19 response

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Michael Kelleher

Friday, September 18, 2020

A stack of social security cards.

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

Because of COVID-19 Congress should fix Social Security now

Friday, September 18, 2020

A soccer fan uses his mobile phone for betting during a television broadcast at a soccer theatre called the San Siro Stadium as the English Premier League season resumes after a three-month stoppage due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Kibera district of Nairobi, Kenya June 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Op-Ed

COVID-19 exposes Africa’s digital divide

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, September 18, 2020

Rehabilitating our trans-Atlantic economies after COVID-19

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Reports

Business Owner With Face Mask Putting Closed Sign

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

From Survival to Revival: How to Help Small Businesses through the COVID-19 Crisis

Steven Hamilton

Thursday, September 17, 2020

female supermarket cashier in medical protective mask and face shield working at supermarket. covid-19 spreading outbreak

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Ten Facts about COVID-19 and the U.S. Economy

Lauren Bauer, Kristen E. Broady, Wendy Edelberg, and Jimmy O’Donnell

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Bartender Nicole DeVito restocks the outdoor bar at Farmers Fishers Bakers, a restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After shifting metrics for reopening in recent weeks, today the District of Columbia began the first stage of economic reopening allowing restaurants and other business to operate in limited capacity despite the COVID-19 outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Business & Industry

New data shows small businesses in communities of color had unequal access to federal COVID-19 relief

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Statue of liberty wearing a surgical mask.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

COVID outcomes update: Health and employment impacts in the US compared to other countries

Harry J. Holzer

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Restaurant closed mask

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Unemployment among young workers during COVID-19

Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Blog Posts

A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as a demonstrator wearing a face mask attends a protest following the death of the Black man Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest in Rochester on March 23, at Times Square in New York, U.S. September 3, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Up Front

Politics is wrecking America’s pandemic response

Jonathan Rothwell and Christos Makridis

Thursday, September 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers queue outside a grocery store during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Soweto, South Africa, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Africa in Focus

Figure of the week: Challenges facing economic stimulus in sub-Saharan Africa

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Control room & computer screens

Up Front

Training during and after COVID-19

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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Events

BPEA Fall 2020: COVID-19 and the Economy

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Economic recovery in American cities: A conversation with Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

The vanishing American dream: The economic realities facing middle- and lower-income Americans

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Experts

Nader Kabbani

Director of Research - Brookings Doha Center

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

David Wessel

Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Henry J. Aaron

The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai on Thursday under the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community" with hundreds of speakers and industry experts sharing their insights on the latest developments in AI. Intelligent robots are displaying on the ground floor of Shanghai Expo Centre, Shanghai, China, 9 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Testimony

If AI takes jobs, humans will need lifelong learning and portable benefits

Darrell M. West

Thursday, September 10, 2020

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Labor Policy & Unemployment

What’s the jobs outlook this Labor Day weekend?

Stephanie Aaronson and David Dollar

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Containers are seen on a shipping dock, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Port of Los Angeles, California, U.S.

U.S. Economy

How is COVID-19 affecting US trade?

David Dollar and Anna Newby

Monday, August 10, 2020

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