May 8, 2020/United Capital Report Stock markets around the world defied expectations in the month of April-2020. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), despite the economic lockdown, surge in number of COVID-19 cases, low commodity prices and the high level of uncertainties, Investors took advantage of the cheap valuation to average down […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
State-Owned Enterprises in the Time of COVID-19
May 7, 2020/IMFBlog Vitor Gaspar, Paulo Medas, and John Ralyea The pandemic has highlighted the role of the public sector in saving lives and livelihoods. State-owned enterprises are part of that effort. They can be public utilities that provide essential services. Or public banks that provide loans to small businesses. […]
Fiscal Policies for the Recovery from COVID-19
May 6, 2020/IMFBlog Vitor Gaspar, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi Fiscal policies have provided large emergency lifelines to people and firms during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also invaluable to increase a country’s readiness to respond to a crisis and to help with the recovery and beyond. When the […]
