Die Erwartungslücke bei den Renditen hat sich im Jahr 2021 weltweit deutlich vergrössert, wie eine Umfrage von Natixis zeigt. In der Schweiz nennt mehr als ein Drittel die Inflation als grösste Investitionssorge und über zwei Drittel bevorzugen Sicherheit gegenüber der Anlageperformance.
Read More »Wie Anleger das Leben von Menschen verbessern können
Die Wirtschaft hat die Pandemie überstanden. Doch wie ist Menschen zu helfen, die nun keinen Zugang zu Nahrung, Gesundheitsversorgung, Finanzdienstleistungen oder Bildung mehr haben? Impact-Experten von Vontobel erläutern Hintergründe und geben Antworten.
Read More »Working from Home in the Future
In an NBER working paper, Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis argue, based on a survey of 30 000 Americans, that … 20 percent of full workdays will be supplied from home after the pandemic ends, compared with just 5 percent before. … better-than-expected WFH experiences, new investments in physical and human capital that enable WFH, greatly diminished stigma associated with WFH, lingering concerns about crowds and contagion risks, and a pandemic-driven surge in...
Read More »The Loneliness Epidemic intensifies Thanks to Lockdowns
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 »Printing Money in Times of Corona
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 »No Work in Europe Thanks to Lockdowns
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.
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