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Covid-19 and its impact on economic activity
While the most obvious impact of Covid-19 has been on public health, the pandemic has also had a devastating effect on the health of the economy – and the road to recovery could prove long and painful. In a new issue of Infocus, Chief Economist Stefan Gerlach and Senior Economist GianLuigi Mandruzzato investigate the effects of Covid-19 more closely.