The coronavirus has dominated all of our lives in recent months. Radical paths were taken by politicians in the form of lockdowns to contain the pandemic. But we should recognize that even if the coronavirus is a (major) challenge for us, we always have to keep a holistic view of world events. Just as there are epidemiological factors to consider in this crisis, there are also economic, social, cultural, political and other health factors at play. It is...
Read More »Extreme Poverty Shifts Gear… in Reverse
. The coronavirus has dominated all of our lives in recent months. Radical paths were taken by politicians in the form of lockdowns to contain the pandemic. But we should recognize that even if the coronavirus is a (major) challenge for us, we always have to keep a holistic view of world events. Just as there are epidemiological factors to consider in this crisis, there are also economic, social, cultural, political and other health factors at play. It is...
Read More »Stillbirths on the Rise
The coronavirus has dominated all of our lives in recent months. Radical paths were taken by politicians in the form of lockdowns to contain the pandemic. But we should recognize that even if the coronavirus is a (major) challenge for us, we always have to keep a holistic view of world events. Just as there are epidemiological factors to consider in this crisis, there are also economic, social, cultural, political and other health factors at play. It is...
Read More »BIP Deutschland: Mit einem tiefblauen Auge davongekommen
Deutschland ist dank der sehr expansiven Fiskalpolitik vergleichsweise gut durch die Krise gekommen. Die DWS rechnet damit, dass die Dauer der Corona-Rezession wesentlich kürzer sein dürfte als die Rezession während der globalen Finanzkrise 2009.
Read More »“The Pandemic Endgame,” VoxEU, 2021
VoxEU, January 11, 2021, with Martin Gonzalez-Eiras. HTML. Based on the CEPR discussion paper, we draw conclusions for the pandemic endgame. We explain why Israel will likely impose a harsher lockdown than other countries, especially poor ones. And why we should expect “inverse lockdowns”—measures to stimulate social interaction.
Read More »Rückblick 2020, Ausblick 2021
Am 8. Januar 2020 berichtete die Neue Zürcher Zeitung erstmals vom Ausbruch einer mysteriösen Lungenkrankheit in China. Heute wissen wir, dass diese Meldung eine weltweite Gesundheitskrise und die schwerste Rezession seit Jahrzehnten ankündigen sollte.
Read More »Nach Covid-19: Einschneidende Veränderungen in der Investmentlandschaft
Die Welt reagiert auf die globale Pandemie vielfach mit Innovationen. Erfindergeist, Kreativität und die Suche nach neuen Wegen werden in diesen Tagen gross geschrieben. Einige bereits bestehenden Trends beschleunigen sich und andere stehen noch am Anfang. Zahlreiche Aspekte unseres Lebens sind nun anders und werden dies wohl auch dann bleiben, wenn ein wirksamer Impfstoff für alle verfügbar ist. Gleiches gilt für Anlagestrategien.
Read More »A Future Hunger Pandemic
The coronavirus has dominated all of our lives in recent months. Radical paths were taken by politicians in the form of lockdowns to contain the pandemic. But we should recognize that even if the coronavirus is a (major) challenge for us, we always have to keep a holistic view of world events. Just as there are epidemiological factors to consider in this crisis, there are also economic, social, cultural, political and other health factors at play. It is precisely...
Read More »The Costs of Coronavirus Lockdowns
Throughout the next weeks, we will regularly feature statistics showing some of the costs of the prevailing lockdown politics. This article is an introduction to this new series. All over Europe, life has come to a halt again. As a second wave of Coronavirus infections has arrived, social and economic life has largely once more, as was already the case in spring when COVID-19 first spread across the world. Spain, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy,...
Read More »Impfstoff-News verleihen Markt für Unternehmensanleihen neuen Schub
Das Umfeld für Unternehmensanleihen in entwickelten Märkten ist positiv – und hat sich mit dem Durchbruch für einen Covid-19-Impfstoffs nochmals verbessert, ist Vontobel Asset Management überzeugt.
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