Our Latin America Recovery Tracker (LART) rose 0.5pts during the week ending May 21 – a considerable slowing after the 3.6pt gain in the previous...
India | Slow vaccination to prolong lockdowns, lower growth
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on May 24, 2021
India’s new lockdown strategy, which is being led by states, seems to be working. The sustained decline in the daily coronavirus cases at a national...
LATAM | Recovery Tracker showed largest gain so far this year
Posted by Joan Domene on May 20, 2021
Our Latin America Recovery Tracker (LART) climbed 3.4pts during the week ending May 14, the largest weekly gain since last September. All countries...
India | How the 2021 lockdown is different from 2020
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on May 19, 2021
As we feared, the second coronavirus wave is playing havoc with India’s health system and more states have adopted stricter measures to contain the...
LATAM | Recovery Tracker improves as third wave slows
Posted by Joan Domene on May 13, 2021
Our Latin America Recovery Tracker (LART) improved by 0.9pts during the week ending May 7. Although less than the revised 2.1pts jump a week prior,...
LATAM | Recovery Tracker jumps on Brazil’s big rebound
Posted by Joan Domene on May 6, 2021
Our Latin America Recovery Tracker (LART) jumped 1.9pts during the weekending April 30, after the previous week’s 0.1pt drop was revised to a modest...
India | Worsening health conditions crystalise downside risks
Posted by Priyanka Kishore on Apr 26, 2021
The rapidly swelling second wave has taken a big toll on the country’s health infrastructure. The health system has collapsed in the worst hit...
United Kingdom | High-frequency data show pick-up in activity in March
Posted by Andrew Goodwin on Mar 26, 2021
High-frequency data indicate a broad strengthening in activity since mid February. For Q1, we expect GDP will fall by just 2% q/q, a fraction of the...