Tag: Covid-19

The distribution of vaccines is changing the economic outlook in 2021 with most politicians and investors forecasting a continued recovery. Yet the political and economic risks that preceded the covid-19 pandemic remain alongside the lockdown measures necessary to combat the virus. The year will be turbulent for some countries as public confidence and investor sentiment vacillates with optimism and skepticism on vaccine acceptance rates and economic output numbers. Several countries are likely to be bellwethers for the markets, or at least, provide some directional insight on the global economy’s recovery…

As the second wave of cases hits Europe, including Italy, there is not much convincing required on the seriousness of the virus. The same cannot be said about the growing challenges in the Italian economy. Debt is flowing into an economy that already has its share of bad loans in the financial ecosystem but there is little concern. It is the covid-19 pandemic thus why worry about a European financial crisis, right?

Argentines are struggling with covid-19 and a three-year recession. The government currently completed a $65 billion restructuring and now wants to tax its way out of a recession…

Middle East sovereign debt levels are rising, but so what? The question of whether the debt levels are sustainable is hard to answer…

Bolivia’s left will win but hopefully with a different economic strategy. It is not clear who will fund the socialist agenda in the short-term…

Jio may be overhyping the economic success in India. But covid-19 is surely overshadowing the greater economic troubles for India. The silver lining of covid-19 is the opportunity for leadership to make comprehensive economic reforms…

American President Donald Trump explicitly floated the idea of delaying November’s presidential election by way of a tweet on 30 of July…

Now, with victory in hand, the Rajapaksa brothers, Gotabaya and Mahinda, must prove that they can re-claim Sri Lanka’s magic of the last decade…the landslide election victory did not miraculously change the country’s financial and economic situation overnight…

Like a prized fighter, Turkey and President Erdoğan fight on…