Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Workers wearing masks

Making sense of the monthly jobs report during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stephanie Aaronson

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The Stock Market was stopped in its tracks by COVID-19 in 2020. Analysts and traders have L-shaped, U-shaped or V-shaped theories on a possible recovery.

The ABCs of the post-COVID economic recovery

Louise Sheiner and Kadija Yilla

Monday, May 4, 2020

United States Treasury check with US currency. Illustrates IRS tax refund or coronavirus economic impact stimulus payments to taxpayers affected by the pandemic.

How did COVID-19 disrupt the market for U.S. Treasury debt?

Jeffrey Cheng, David Wessel, and Joshua Younger

Friday, May 1, 2020

Chef Jorge Cardenas, 41, (left) and Ix employee Daniel Gonzalez, 34, pack takeout orders in the final hour before the restaraunt's closure in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 2, 2020 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Picture taken April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Anna Watts

American workers’ safety net is broken. The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to fix it.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Teller passes money

We can afford more stimulus

William G. Gale

Thursday, April 30, 2020

The U.S. Capitol Building as seen on a rainy Monday morning amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C. on March 23, 2020. Over the past weekend, Congress debated and failed to find a compromise for a major coronavirus response bill, as multiple members of the House and Senate have tested positive for the disease. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

6 COVID-related deregulations to watch

Siddhi Doshi and Cayli Baker

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Mannequins wearing protective masks are pictured during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Hard times require good economics: The economic impact of COVID-19 in the Western Balkans

Linda Van Gelder, Gallina A. Vincelette, Marc Tobias Schiffbauer, and Edith Kikoni

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

April 29, 2020 - New York, NY, United States: Empty streets during the week in New York City's Times Square. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Which city economies did COVID-19 damage first?

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Pablo Barajas (center) and Brandon Petersen, both with Cox Communications, install internet at the Phoenix home of Tyler and Alex Palmer (background) on April 15, 2020. Cox Communications installers have changed how they do their jobs and avoid entering customers' homes in almost all situations because of the new coronavirus pandemic. The Palmers moved into their home in mid-March and have been without internet since.Cable Internet Service Coronavirus Covid 19

COVID-19 has taught us the internet is critical and needs public interest oversight

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Thiago covering his face during a live class online on Zoom as he continues his homeschool during the fifth week of his school closure due to the coronavirus pandemic at a temporary home in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico on April 15, 2020. Photographer Benedicte Desrus says, "With his school closed, my son is experiencing big changes to his routine. At such a young age, it's difficult for him to focus and sit behind a computer during a 40 minute long online class. He misses face-to-face teaching and his friends. Thiago, 3-years-old, is the son of the photographer. He was documented as part of a project titled When I grow up about a child growing up on quarantine, away from other children and from the outside world, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Bénédicte Desrus/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The COVID-19 cost of school closures

George Psacharopoulos, Harry Patrinos, Victoria Collis, and Emiliana Vegas

Wednesday, April 29, 2020