Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

The tragedy is that because Africa is not growing fast, this collapse of the middle class could take several years to recover.

Homi Kharas New York Times Monday, June 29, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA-Janitorial workers perform disinfection tasks at a school in Cape Town, South Africa on June 25, 2020. The "Covid-19 Disinfect" group launched a pilot program to disinfect the city, starting with schools , ensuring the slowdown of coronavirus transmission in these institutions. The machinery used for disinfection can disperse disinfectant up to a range of 2,500 meters through 365 degrees, ensuring disinfection in schools, taxi stands and other public spaces in the city. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, financial assistance, and political updates from Malawi, Burundi, and Rwanda

Christina Golubski, David Kanos, and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Microscopic view of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Flu or SARS virus. Place for text. Panoramic.

Global macroeconomic scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic

Warwick J. McKibbin and Roshen Fernando

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Webinar – Special edition BPEA 2020: COVID-19 and the economy

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT

Brookings Institution

People touching hands through glass with COVID mask

Mandated and voluntary social distancing during the COVID-19 epidemic

Sumedha Gupta, Kosali Simon, and Coady Wing

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Worker with mask getting temperature taken

COVID-19 is also a reallocation shock

José María Barrero, Nick Bloom, and Steven J. Davis

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Man in mask putting up a closed sign.

COVID-19 and labor markets

Alexander W. Bartik, Marianne Bertrand, Feng Lin, Jesse Rothstein, Matthew Unrath, Tomaz Cajner, Leland D. Crane, Ryan A. Decker, John Grigsby, Adrian Hamins-Puertolas, Erik Hurst, Christopher J. Kurz, and Ahu Yildirmaz

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Abstract COVID economy graph

Corporate debt overhang and credit policy

Markus Brunnermeier and Arvind Krishnamurthy

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Food drive during COVID-19 pandemic

Safety net programs and poverty during the COVID-19 crisis

Jeehoon Han, Bruce D. Meyer, James X. Sullivan, Marianne Bitler, Hilary W. Hoynes, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Mask, gloves, and goggles

Policies for a second wave

David Baqaee, Emmanuel Farhi, Michael J. Mina, and James Stock

Thursday, June 25, 2020