COVID-Economics Links (April 16)

Blogs, Opinions and Academic papers

• Responding to COVID-19 in the Developing World - Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale insights)
• The COVID crisis and productivity growth - Filippo di Mauro, Chad Syverson (VoxEU.org)
• Work after COVID: A new regime for independent workers - Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Luca Sartorio (VoxEU.org)
• Weak exports will not stall China's manufacturing recovery - Nicholas R. Lardy and Tianlei Huang (PIIE)
• COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s - Chang Yong Rhee (IMF)
• Cushioning the Poor from the COVID-19 Shock - Rema N. Hanna and Benjamin A. Olken
• Toward a European Reconstruction Fund -  Guy Verhofstadt and Luis Garicano
• The unemployment impacts of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession - Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba (Brookings)
• What central banks have done to help the economy survive Covid-19 - Florens Odendahl, Adrian Penalver, Urszula Szczerbowicz (Banque de France)
• Policies to Support People During the COVID-19 Pandemic - IMF Fiscal Monitor
• The COVID-19 Crisis Through the Lens of 1.4 Billion Transactions - Vasco Carvalho et al
• Central Bank publishes two research papers using real-time data on economic impact of Covid-19 - Central Bank of Ireland
• Two significant U.S. macroeconomic needs to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic - N Gregory Mankiw (Equitable Growth)
• How the G20 can strengthen access to vital medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19 - Chad P. Bown (PIIE)
• It’s the End of the World Economy as We Know It - Neil Irwin (NYTimes)
• Big US banks should raise $200bn in capital now - Neel Kashkari (FT)

News and Policy Announcements

• ECB supports macroprudential policy actions taken in response to coronavirus outbreak - ECB
• Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures - EU Commission/Council
• IMF Adds Liquidity Line to Strengthen COVID-19 Response - IMF
• Governments face ‘massive’ rise in public debt, IMF warns - FT.com
• Italian debt sinks after ‘corona bond’ plan falters - FT.com
• China GDP: Five things to watch after coronavirus - FT.com
• New data shows vast scale of US economic breakdown - FT.com
• Eurozone faces economic strains as government debt piles up - FT.com
• EU bars bailed-out companies from paying dividends and bonuses - FT.com
• Stop Dawdling. People Need Money - NYTimes
• Europe Goes Back to Work - WSJ.com
• The U.S. has thrown more than $6 trillion at the coronavirus crisis. That number could grow. - Washington Post