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Coronavirus Pandemic Plunging Global Economy into a Serious Recession: DIW Economic Outlook

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  • Claus Michelsen
  • Guido Baldi
  • Geraldine Dany-Knedlik
  • Hella Engerer
  • Stefan Gebauer
  • Malte Rieth

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The consequences of the ongoing 2020 coronavirus pandemic are leaving deep marks on the global economy. In the first quarter of 2020, global production sank by 15.5 percent over the course of the worldwide lockdown. Since containment measures in many countries were mainly implemented during the second quarter of 2020, the slump in the first half of 2020 is likely to be even more severe overall. Due to the expansive containment measures in many countries and massive limitations on production and sales from March 2020 to summer 2020, DIW Berlin is lowering its forecast for the year drastically from 2.5 percent to -4.9 percent. It is also likely that the significant production losses and the serious slump in the service sector will be unable to be compensated for in 2021. However, for 2021, DIW Berlin expects an increase in global production of 5.5 percentage points. Of course, the possibility of further coronavirus waves poses risks and trade conflict escalations cannot be ruled out conclusively.

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  • Claus Michelsen & Guido Baldi & Geraldine Dany-Knedlik & Hella Engerer & Stefan Gebauer & Malte Rieth, 2020. "Coronavirus Pandemic Plunging Global Economy into a Serious Recession: DIW Economic Outlook," DIW Weekly Report, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 10(24/25), pages 280-282.
    • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwdwr:dwr10-24-2
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    Keywords

    Business cycle forecast; ecoomic outlook;

    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E66 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - General Outlook and Conditions
    • F01 - International Economics - - General - - - Global Outlook

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