Economic Crisis: Covid-19 - Papers
You can also find further reading on the Economics Observatory website - a new website that seeks to answer questions from policy-makers and the public about the economics of the Covid-19 crisis and the recovery.
"The economy created more jobs than it lost during the third national lockdown", 20th April 2021, NIESR Wage Tracker by Cyrille Lenoel
"Spring sees green shoots of economic recovery", 13 April 2021, NIESR GDP Tracker by Rory MacQueen
"How should the COVID restrictions in England be eased?", 16 April 2021, NIESR Policy Paper by David K. Miles, Adrian H Heald and Michael Stedman
"Monetary policy and government debt management during the coronavirus pandemic", 16 March 2021, National Institute Economic Review no 255, February 2021, by W A Allen
"Be kind or take it on the chin? Political narratives, pandemics, and social distancing", 10 March 2021, NIESR Discussion Paper by Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai, Edmund Lou and Sherry X. Wu
"Underlying inflation suggests a turning point", 17th February 2021, NIESR CPI Tracker, Janine Boshoff
"Continued lockdown puts gloom on Q1 outlook", 12th February 2021, NIESR GDP Tracker by Kemar Whyte
"Brexit Britain in Covid Recovery Ward", 8th February 2021, National Institute UK Economic Outlook, by Hande Kucuk, Cyrille Lenoel and Rory MacQueen
"The World in its Grip: Covid-19", 8th February 2021, National Institute Global Economic Outlook by Barry Naisbitt et el
"What we can learn about economics from professional sport during Covid-19", 28 January 2021, NIESR Discussion Paper by Carl Singleton, Alex Bryson, Peter Dolton, J. James Reade and Dominik Schreyer
"The Pending Review: Fiscal Policy and Covid-19", 25 November 2020, NIESR Policy Paper 24 by Jagjit Chadha, Hande Kucuk, Cyrille Lenoel and Rory Macqueen
"An Economic Model of Health-vs-Wealth Prioritization During COVID-19: Optimal Lockdown, Network Centrality, and Segregation", 23 November 2020, NIESR Discussion Paper 521 by Roland Pongou, Guy Tchuente and Jean-Baptiste Tondji
"Second wave to cause further contraction in Q4", 2 November, Prospects for the UK Economy, National Institute Economic Review no 254, Hande Kucuk, Cyrille Lenoel and Rory MacQueen
"US and Euro Area not regaining their pre-Covid GDP levels until mid-2022 and mid-2023 respectively", 2 November, The World Economy, National Institute Economic Review no 254, Barry Naisbitt, Janine Boshoff, Ian Hurst, Corrado Macchiarelli, Xuxin Mao, Patricia Sanchez Juanino, Craig Thamotheram and Kemar Whyte
"Reconstructing Macroeconomics after COVID-19: Notes for a First Draft", 20 October, NIESR Policy Paper 022 by Peter Doyle
"COVID-19 impacts on destitution in the UK", 29 July, National Institute Economic Review, August 2020, no 253, Arnab Bhattacharjee and Elena Lisauskaite
"Living with Covid-19: balancing costs against benefits in the face of the virus", 29 July, National Institute Economic Review, August 2020, no 253, David Miles, Mike Stedman and Adrian Heald
"NIESR Analysis Ahead of the Summer Statement: Keep Doing ‘Whatever it Takes’", 8 July, by Garry Young
"Vulnerability from Debt in the Coronavirus Crisis", 27th May, NIESR Policy Paper 020 by Barry Naisbitt
"The Economics of the UK University System in the Time of Covid-19", 22nd May, NIESR Policy Paper 019 by Peter Dolton
"First Signs of Severe Labour Market Impact of Covid-19", 19th May, Wage Tracker, Garry Young and Patricia Sanchez Juanino
"Moving Back Towards Market-Based Government Finance", 12th May, NIESR Policy Paper 018 by William Allen
"Prospects for the UK Economy" - forecast from 252nd National Institute Economic Review, Cyrille Lenoel and Garry Young, 28th April 2020
"Prospects for the World Economy" - forecast from 252nd National Institute Economic Review, Barry Naisbitt et al, 28th April 2020
Jagjit Chadha's opening remarks at the launch of the 252nd National Institute Economic Review, 28th April 2020
"Monetary Policy in Troubled Times" - 27th April, Commentary to National Institute Economic Review May 2020, by Jagjit Chadha
"COVID-19: Debt Relief and the Global Poorest" - 23rd April, NIESR Policy Paper 017 by Peter Doyle
"The measurement of inflation during the lockdown: a trial calculation" - 22nd April, NIESR Policy Paper 016 by Huw Dixon
"A Program of Guaranteed Loans to Compensate SME Covid-19 Revenue Losses: Rapid Dispersal and Large Net Economic Benefits" - 14th April, NIESR Policy Paper by Alistair Milne
"Central Bank Operations in Government Securities During the Pandemic" - 9th April, NIESR Policy Paper by William A Allen
"Economic Crisis – Virtual Special Issue" - 3rd April, National Institute Economic Review
"The Economy on Ice - Meeting the economic challenges during and after the COVID-19 crisis" - 1st April, NIESR Policy Paper by Spiros Bougheas
"The Fed’s enhanced swap lines and new interventions in the Treasury market" - 30th March 2020, Discussion Paper by William A Allen and Richhild Moessner
"COVID-19 crisis: Fiscal policy should lead and the Bank of England should follow for the duration of the crisis" - 29th March 2020, VOX, by Richard Barwell, Jagjit Chadha and Michael Grady
"A preliminary assessment of the possible economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak: update" - 27th March 2020, NiGEM Observations by Ian Hurst, Iana Liadze, Barry Naisbitt and Garry Young
"Concentrated firepower: central banks must expand their arsenal" - 27th March 2020, Central Banking, by Philip Turner
"Monetary Policy in Troubled Times: New Governor... New Agenda" - 26th March 2020, Occasional Paper by Richard Barwell, Jagjit Chadha and Michael Grady
"A switch to active fiscal policy" - 11th March 2020, Budget Response Note, by Jagjit Chadha, Peter Dolton, Chaira Manzoni, Xuxin Mao, David Nguyen, Johnny Runge, Kemar Whyte and Garry Young
