Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

Reynaldo Faust, who opened a restaurant few weeks ago waits for costumers for takeout orders after local authorities restricted the activities of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and other similar businesses and rolled out a midnight curfew for precaution due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Banks should suspend share repurchases for longer

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A volunteer helps fill cars with food and home staples as the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank helps thousands at a drive through food bank during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Del Mar, California, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Transformative placemaking amid COVID-19: Early stories from the field

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Men work on a construction site for a luxury apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, California March 17, 2015. U.S. housing starts plunged to their lowest level in a year in February likely as harsh weather kept building crews at home in the latest indication that the economy hit a soft patch in the first quarter. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS)

COVID-19 is a chance to invest in our essential infrastructure workforce

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What macroprudential policies are countries using to help their economies through the COVID-19 crisis?

Sigriður Benediktsdóttir, Greg Feldberg, and Nellie Liang

Monday, April 6, 2020

A man hands money to a shopkeeper through a gate to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a mini-mart in north St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. April 4, 2020. Picture taken April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

We don’t need a map to tell us who COVID-19 hits the hardest in St. Louis

Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Brinda Gupta

Monday, April 6, 2020

A passenger walks towards the Metro Train at Pershing Square during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot

Telecommuting will likely continue long after the pandemic

Katherine Guyot and Isabel V. Sawhill

Monday, April 6, 2020

BRASILIA, BRAZIL- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the videoconference with the G20 member countries about measures to combat the coronavirus in Brasilia, Brazil on March 26, 2020. At the G20, Bolsonaro highlighted the progress of the research carried out in Brazil and in other countries on the treatment with hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19, the first clinical study in the country that tests the use of the drug against the virus. He also expressed his opinion on the need to protect people's health and, at the same time, protect jobs.

Stretching the international order to its breaking point

Monday, April 6, 2020

Empty freight trains sit in front of the downtown Los Angeles skyline after California issued a stay-at-home order as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Labor market in March deteriorated much more quickly than the unemployment rate suggests

Stephanie Aaronson

Friday, April 3, 2020

Tents and tarps are shown on the sidewalk of a freeway overpass home to hundreds of homeless living on the streets of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

After COVID-19, we must invest in—not isolate—our most vulnerable communities

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Friday, April 3, 2020