Welcome to this weeks overview. UK On the 1st October Brussels opened a suit against the UK over a bill that was put forth in September, though not yet ratified, that would allow the UK to override the rules negotiated last year with the EU surrounding Northern Ireland’s position relating to Brexit negotiations. The most […]
Welcome to this week’s overview! In the news this week… U.S. coronavirus cases topped 7 million, accounting for more than 20% of the world’s total. The pandemic has continued to ravage Latin America where the double threat of hunger and contagion have destroyed informal economies in particular. In Europe, further lockdown restrictions have been implemented […]
Brexit, ECB and Tech retreat In this week, US new coronavirus cases continue moving down and the 7-days moving average is now below 40,000. New deaths and hospitalizations are also decreasing. The discussion on how to reopen the economy might begin soon. Meanwhile, the EU and UK new cases are increasing, and nothing suggests this […]
Back to normal? Welcome to this week’s overview, The World Economy Globally more than 23.6 million cases and 868,000 deaths have been confirmed. The 3 worst affected countries in the world include India, US and Brazil. India reported the biggest single day rise in coronavirus cases anywhere in the world so far (August 30th). Meanwhile, […]
Back to work! Welcome to another blog update of the Weekly Overview Series. In this week… Coronavirus cases top 24.6 million worldwide and 835,000 deaths with record daily cases in India, pushing it to become the second worst-hit country. Peru is now the world’s deadliest Covid hot spot. Meanwhile, more than 220,000 people out of […]
Second Wave ‘Under Control’ Welcome to another blog update of the Weekly Overview Series. In this week…, United States Covid-19 daily cases topped 60,000 for the first time. However, the steepness of the second wave virus curve in the U.S is plateauing. The most affected states are Texas, California, Florida and Arizona. Meanwhile, in the […]
By Hugo Daugeron – Mijoin, from Finetudes In this blog entry, our society has the pleasure to publish an interesting study by Hugo Daugeron-Mijoin, an analyst from Finetudes, a think-tank LUIFS partners with. At the end of this post, you will find the link to the full article if you want to go through it […]
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 […]
One area that has caught my interest throughout the current crisis has been the Economic response of countries across the world and the potential strains on debt sustainability as a result. Looking at Europe, The US and Emerging Markets (EM), we’ve seen government budgets completely overhauled and replaced by massive, blank cheque spending that only […]