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Negative Rates and Trade War Latin America coronavirus cases spike. Brazil daily death toll hits 1,000 for the first time with already around 300,000 cases, only after U.S and Russia. The lack of response from policymakers and a weak health system rise concerns over virus consequences in this country. U.S and Europe de-escalation plans continue […]
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A change in market sentiment? Russia reports more than 250,000 Covid-19 cases, now second in the world for total coronavirus cases. The U.S, is first with more than 1.4 million. The WHO is in discussions with Russian authorities as they say that 2,305 people have died so far from Coronavirus. That is a 0.9% mortality […]
The COVID-19 Policy Response
So far, we have looked at the impact of the virus on the economy and the consumer as well as what we should expect in the coming months as we approach a potential recovery. This week the conversation was focused on what we have done in response to the virus and what measures have been […]
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This is not over Welcome to a new blog update of the Weekly Overview Series. In this week… The UK becomes the second most affected country by the Covid-19 pandemic with 30,689 deaths. Trump says the U.S must safely re-open even if more Americans get sick. While many states are partially reopening already, all of […]
Negative Oil Prices
What happened to oil prices (20/04/2020)? The Coronavirus has caused the world economy to grind to a halt, due to isolation during the current pandemic. As a consequence, May oil futures were trading at around -$40 a barrel. Theoretically, this means you are being paid $40 to receive a barrel of oil. This is an […]
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De-escalation Welcome to another blog update of the Weekly Overview Series. In this week… Italy and Spain set lockdown de-escalation plans with fixed dates to return to normality. Meanwhile, the U.K will revise lockdown options and underscores a second-wave risk. In Germany, new Coronavirus’ cases increase the most in four days and obliges Merkel to […]