The novel coronavirus has disrupted the global economy to an extent never seen before. The shutdowns imposed to slow its spread have sent economic output crashing, caused financial market panic and curtailed travel, leisure and social life more severely than many wars have. How long will it take for the world’s economies to return to anything close to their pre-pandemic state? The following dashboard of eight broad indicators may offer some clues.
Coronavirus and the global economy
The pandemic has rocked the fundamentals of the world’s economy – in some cases, that may be for good.
New coronavirus cases and deaths
Notes
Freight, oil prices, stock markets and borrowing costs are updated daily; eating out, air traffic and carbon emissions are updated weekly; business activity is updated monthly
Sources
Refinitiv Datastream; Flightradar24; Global Carbon Project; J.P. Morgan; OpenTable
By Mark John and Matthew Weber