- ECONOMIC IMPACT -
Latest update: 08 September
After weeks of gradual decline, GDP estimates for many countries have levelled off.
Concern over the spread of COVID-19 remains volatile yet business optimism is10 growing.
-4.4%
Fitch Ratings has revised its 2020 forecast for the global economic growth to -4.4% from the earlier estimated -4.6%.
$235.3bn
China’s exports rise 9.5%, to $235.3bn, in August 2020.
Impact of Covid-19 on employment
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employees largely wish to keep working remotely
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