Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Mitigation Policies in Europe and the United States /

We use high-frequency indicators to analyze the economic impact of COVID-19 in Europe and the United States during the early phase of the pandemic. We document that European countries and U.S. states that experienced larger outbreaks also suffered larger economic losses. We also find that the hetero...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Chen, Sophia
مؤلفون آخرون: Igan, Deniz, Pierri, Nicola, Presbitero, Andrea
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/125
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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