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The Economic Fallout of COVID-19: Uncertainty, Sectoral Disruptions, and Policy Responses
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered one of the most severe global economic downturns since the Great Depression, marked by unprecedented uncertainty and widespread disruption. This paper examines the pandemic's economic impacts through key studies. COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty highlights how surging uncertainty, measured by stock market volatility and business surveys, contributed to an estimated year-on-year U.S. GDP declines by late 2020, with half attributed to uncertainty alone. The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database uses private sector data to show reduced spending by high-income individuals, leading to revenue losses for small businesses and job losses for low-wage workers, while finding traditional stimulus measures less effective than direct financial support. Macroeconomic Forecasting in the Time of COVID-19 projects prolonged declines in employment, consumption, and production, with a slow recovery. Based on these findings, this paper proposes strategic policies to mitigate the crisis and support economic recovery.
Keywords
COVID-19 Impact, Economic Uncertainty, Macroeconomic Forecasting
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Zhou,Y. (2025). The Economic Fallout of COVID-19: Uncertainty, Sectoral Disruptions, and Policy Responses. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,177,164-170.
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