April 23, 2020/United Capital The past few weeks have been very challenging for global economies, especially for the crude oil – exporting countries, amid COVID-19 outbreak and crude oil price crash. The latter challenge brings back the unsavoury memories of the 2016 recession, which was induced by the slump […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
The Short-term Liquidity Line: A New IMF Tool to Help in the Crisis
April 22, 2020/IMFBlog By Geoffrey Okamoto Challenging times for emerging markets The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy at every level. Across the world, financial conditions have tightened dramatically, with unprecedented portfolio outflows from emerging markets in terms of both size (a record of about $100 billion) and […]
Rent relief options for commercial leases: approaches to making a deal for landlords and tenants
April 22, 2020 Casey Siobhani DLA Piper Partner and Head of Leasing, United States & Stacey Ann Osmond DLA Piper Associate, United States The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and resulting governmental responses, including shelter-in-place orders, have created significant hardships across the economy. The commercial leasing sector has been hit especially […]
