When government calls for social restraint or implements COVID restrictions in order as claimed to slow the spread of the latest variant and reduce demands on the health service. The result are curbs on people’s liberty and a reduction in economic activity. Whether these are justified or effective are the subject of political debate and […]
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Inflation is on the rise, from above its 2% inflation target for the first time in many years, and global interest rates are still at historically ultra-low levels to allow for a broad-based recovery from the pandemic. This current scenario is making central bank economists nervous and producers stress over price rises, material shortages and
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The photographs and news reports of people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus outbreak in 2020, enjoying their new year celebrations while reports of curtailed events in the UK, especially in Edinburgh with its deserted Princes St. instead of the famous annual street party celebrated by tens of thousands, has
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2020 year’s end is beginning to show who the winners and losers are in the economic impact of global coronavirus pandemic. Notwithstanding over 1.6 million deaths so far, the effects of the pandemic are going to be felt well beyond 2021. The vaccination programmes, which started in the UK on the 8th December, will take
The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has brought a global lockdown that has postponed or cancelled many plans and events, including the European Football Championship and the Tokyo Olympics. It has sadly claimed 679,974 lives so far and climbing with spikes across European countries and numbers climbing rapidly in populous counties like India with strict regional
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And now the difficult part starts- easing lockdown and restarting economies. After 2 months most countries in Europe, Asia and North America are trying to return to normality or at least a socially distanced one. Other places like Brazil remain in a life and death struggle with this vicious strain of Coronavirus. Read more Notwithstanding
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