The EIU nowcast for the US economy for Q3 2020 weakened to 3.64% (quarter-on-quarter) as of last week, compared with 3.83% during the week ending 7th August. .
Second-quarter GDP data made for dramatic reading, with many major economies posting double-digit contractions. There are hopes that activity will pick up now that stringent lockdowns have been lifted in most places. However, most countries will take years to recover to pre-coronavirus GDP levels. .
Taiwan stands out for its successful handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has allowed it to avoid the more severe economic disruption seen among its regional peers..
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic will have a huge and lasting negative effect on the global economy; 2020 and 2021 will be lost years in terms of growth, and we expect the global economy to recover to pre-coronavirus levels only in 2022. The pandemic will also place a heavy fiscal burden in both developed and developing countries..
In The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Emily Mansfield and Yue Su discuss our latest forecasts for China and the euro zone..
The EIU’s exclusive report shows the opportunities and challenges for the regions supply chains.
It has not been a good year for clinical trials: many have been delayed, halted, or scrapped altogether because of covid-19. But amidst the chaos, might 2020 come to be seen as a new beginning—or at least a step on the road to re-imagining the clinical trial? We explore four clinical trial innovations — adaptive trials, patient-centric trials, precision medicine trials and real-world data trials — and ask what impact covid has had on their adoption..
The EIU nowcast for the US economy for Q3 2020 improved to 3.80% (quarter-on-quarter) as of last week, compared with 3.61% during the week ending 28th August. .
On September 8th two Australian journalists living in China fled that country to return to their homeland. The journalists— Bill Birtles of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Mike Smith of the Australian Financial Review—left China with assistance from the Australian government. .
Join editorial director for the Middle East and Africa and author of the report, Pratibha Thaker, as she examines the impact of Covid-19 on supply chains in the Middle East in further detail in our upcoming webinar “Opportunity knocks: post-pandemic supply chains in the Middle East.”.