March 12, 2020/Fitch Ratings The dual impact of COVID-19 and the significant oil price shock will put pressure on some sovereign credit fundamentals and potentially ratings, Fitch Ratings says. In developed markets (DM), the key drivers will be the effect on growth, if it persists, and the fiscal and monetary […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Coronavirus Economic Planning: Hoping for the Best, Prepared for the Worst
March 12, 2020/IMFBlog By Martin Mühleisen Individuals infected by the coronavirus potentially face a blow to their health and personal and economic well-being. Similarly, countries hit by a sudden and unexpected public health emergency—as coronavirus is proving to be—can see their economies slow and their budgets squeezed as they spend […]
Real Estate: Still Not Out of the woods
Culled—Proshare March 11, 2020 CSL Research The latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report for 2019 revealed that the real estate sector posted a negative growth of 2.36% albeit lower than the negative 4.74% reported in 2018. We highlight that the real estate sector was one of the hard hit sectors […]
