Questions and answers about coronavirus and the UK economy

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Recession & recovery

Banks & financial markets • 13 Aug 20

How is coronavirus affecting the banking sector?
Aid & international development • 07 Aug 20

How is coronavirus affecting emerging markets and developing economies?
Business, big & small • 02 Jul 20

How has coronavirus affected pubs, cafes and restaurants?
Business, big & small • 28 May 20

Which firms and industries have been most affected by Covid-19?
Nations, regions & cities • 22 Sep 20

Will coronavirus cause a big city exodus?
Recession & recovery • 07 Jul 20

Is the Covid-19 recession caused by supply or demand factors?
Business, big & small • 30 Oct 20

How is coronavirus affecting the UK’s retail sector?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 Jul 20

What are the fiscal consequences of the UK response to coronavirus?
Prices & interest rates • 18 Aug 20

How did central banks respond to the coronavirus crisis?
Business, big & small • 05 May 21

Update: Which firms and industries have been most affected by Covid-19?
Recession & recovery • 29 May 20

Why is uncertainty so damaging for the economy?
Prices & interest rates • 15 Jul 20

After coronavirus: deflation or inflation?
Recession & recovery • 15 Dec 20

What has happened to consumer spending during the Covid-19 crisis?
Recession & recovery • 29 May 20

Coronavirus and the economy: what are the trade-offs?
Prices & interest rates • 09 Apr 21

How are economic models adapting to rising inequality and the pandemic?
Prices & interest rates • 27 May 20

Quantitative easing and monetary financing: what’s the difference?
Science, technology & innovation • 08 Jan 21

How is Covid-19 affecting firms’ adoption of new technologies?
Recession & recovery • 20 Jul 20

Should Modern Monetary Theory inform economic policy in the crisis?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 27 May 20

What is the size of the fiscal multiplier?
Nations, regions & cities • 06 Jul 20

How will the economic effects of coronavirus vary across areas of the UK?
Nations, regions & cities • 07 Oct 20

How is coronavirus affecting the Welsh economy?
Prices & interest rates • 22 Dec 20

Do we need a new constitution for central banking?
Banks & financial markets • 19 Jun 20

How do changes in asset prices affect the real economy?
Recession & recovery • 24 Jun 20

How much will lifting lockdown start to reverse the UK’s economic slump?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 26 May 20

How does the government’s furlough scheme work?
Recession & recovery • 08 Oct 20

How can authorities control coronavirus without killing the economy?
Business, big & small • 09 Jul 20

What does coronavirus mean for the future of sport and fitness clubs?
Recession & recovery • 05 Nov 20

Why is it hard to compare the economic costs of lockdown across countries?
Banks & financial markets • 01 Oct 20

Why has the stock market bounced back when the economy seems so bad?
Recession & recovery • 15 Apr 21

How has coronavirus affected social capital in the UK?
Recession & recovery • 24 Sep 20

What kind of economy do people want if we ‘build back better’ after Covid-19?
Nations, regions & cities • 26 Oct 20

What has been the impact of Covid-19 on Northern Ireland’s economy?
Business, big & small • 22 Jul 20

How is coronavirus affecting the creation of new firms and new jobs?
Trade & supply chains • 23 May 20

What happens to trade in a global downturn?
Nations, regions & cities • 12 Feb 21

Has devolution led to different outcomes during the Covid-19 crisis?
Nations, regions & cities • 17 Dec 20

Why has Manchester been hit so hard by the second wave of coronavirus?
Business, big & small • 21 Apr 21

How is Covid-19 affecting entrepreneurs and small firms in Northern Ireland?
Nations, regions & cities • 29 Apr 21

What explains Northern Ireland’s long-standing problem of low productivity?
Data stories • 14 Apr 21

A year in the UK labour market: what’s happened over the coronavirus pandemic?
Prices & interest rates • 27 May 20

‘Monetary financing’: is it happening and what are the dangers?
Transport & infrastructure • 22 Apr 21

How is Covid-19 affecting international travel and tourism?
Recession & recovery • 30 Sep 20

Could a national investment bank support recovery from the Covid-19 crisis?
Recession & recovery • 10 Aug 20

What will the shape of the recovery tell us about the best policy response?
Recession & recovery • 27 May 20

Can textual analysis be used to track the economy during the pandemic?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 03 Feb 21

What’s happened in the UK labour market during the Covid-19 recession?
Trade & supply chains • 21 Jun 20

Does the world economy face a danger from rising protectionism?
Trade & supply chains • 23 Mar 21

How are Covid-19 and Brexit affecting the products that UK firms trade?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 13 Nov 20

How has wage growth varied across the UK economy during the pandemic?
Public spending, taxes & debt • 25 Nov 20

Should the government be planning tax rises and public spending cuts?
Jobs, work, pay & benefits • 15 Jun 20

Why should the government provide income protection in a recession?

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