Government-imposed lockdowns and other disease-control measures led to the withdrawal of civil liberties on a massive scale, causing score downgrades across the vast majority of countries..
The coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis is dampening first-quarter prospects. Several countries in Latin America are again grappling with a sharp rise in new cases. At the very least, the gradual easing of restrictions has been put on hold, and some governments have reintroduced tighter measures, mainly relating to movement and curfews, but with some more stringent lockdowns in badly affected regions..
Since it started in December 2020, the global rollout of coronavirus (Covid‑19) vaccines has become the most important variable in making economic—and to some extent political—forecasts..
The collapse in migrant remittances represents worrying news for developing countries amid the pandemic—increasing the likelihood of balance-of-payments issues and delayed economic recoveries..
In The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Adnane Allouaji and Rodrigo Riaza Pérez discuss the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in the Middle East and Latin America..
China’s total new-vehicle market rebounded sharply in the last eight months of 2020, after a difficult start, to end with a benign contraction of 1.9%..
On February 18th Bank Indonesia (BI, the central bank) cut its benchmark policy interest rates following a scheduled monetary policy meeting. The seven-day reverse repo rate was reduced from 3.75% to 3.5%, while the deposit facility and lending facility rates were trimmed by 25 basis points to 2.75% and 4.25% respectively..
Covid-19 has not only impacted test volumes but also spurred changes in test practices and purchasing behaviour in Asia-Pacific’s (APAC’s) molecular diagnostics (MDx) labs..
Latest innovations in diagnostic technologies continue to reach clinical laboratories, impacting what type of IVD tests are done and how they are performed..
The risks facing supply chains have intensified over several years, with companies today facing the impacts of geopolitical shifts, cyberattacks, climate change, and pandemics. Yet “the greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence,” as Peter Drucker once said. .