This snapshot presents insights from research completed in the US, the UK, Italy, and France from March 13 to March 16 and compares the new US results to those presented in last week’s snapshot, which came from a survey conducted before many major COVID-19-related events had occurred in the US, including the US government’s travel ban and the stoppage of major league sporting events.
The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity.
In this article, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) experts address how international economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, has influenced implementation of a stricter anti-corruption policy.
Experts from the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting present the 12th edition of Theses on Economics. The next article examines issues related to inflationary processes after the lifting of restrictions, the state of the Russian budget and the stabilization of industry after a deep recession.
The Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, with support from the Russian Direct Investment Fund and scientific advice from I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, have published the Russian version of the first handbook on coronavirus prevention and treatment. The Handbook was compiled by the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine according to clinical experience. The Roscongress Foundation analysts present a digest of the facts set out in the Handbook.
