Stabilizing Manufacturing Operations in Response to COVID-19

From France to China to India to the US, we are a global community at home. Hunkered down in our rooms, we are collectively fighting a virus that we are still learning about—and as consumers, we are changing our day-to-day behaviors in the face of government orders and advisories and continued increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases.

The note reviews policy options to mitigate the (formal) employment impact of COVID-19, many of which are being deployed by governments.

A study presented by Citi experts contains analysis and outlook for manufacturing recovery in several European countries, based on monitoring environment pollution index (NO₂ concentration level), regarding a poll on business community expectations in the countries of the region in question, in terms of current economic recession.

International Monetary Fund experts present a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Middle East and Central Asia region. The material addresses such aspects as internal economic activity in the region, ensuring the strength of health care systems, creating and maintaining social protection systems, and others.