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The COVID-19 recession was a global economic recession caused by COVID-19 lockdowns. The recession began in most countries in February 2020. After a year of global economic slowdown that saw stagnation of economic growth and consumer activity, the COVID-19 lockdowns and other precautions taken in early 2020 drove the global economy into crisis.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused far-reaching economic consequences [1] including the COVID-19 recession, the second largest global recession in recent history, [2] decreased business in the services sector during the COVID-19 lockdowns, [3] the 2020 stock market crash (which included the largest single-week stock market decline since the financial ...
Recovery from the recession began relatively quickly, with the recession only lasting one quarter according to the NBER. As of 2022, the unemployment rate reached its pre-pandemic levels - nevertheless, in many key aspects and industries, the U.S. economy has not completely recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The worst decline during the Great Recession was 8.4%. In April, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted a 3% drop in global economic growth for 2020, which already would have represented ...
In the first two quarters of 2022, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) posted its first two declines since the COVID-19 recession; decreasing at an annual rate of 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022 and a 0.9% annual rate in the second quarter. [6] GDP growth rates in the European Union also slowed significantly in the first half of 2022. [7]
The 26 million unemployment claims filed in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic has dire implications for the future of the U.S. economy, one economist warned.
The recession caused by the coronavirus is an example of a shock to the economic system. Recession vs. Depression There is no true economic marker that differentiates a recession from a depression.
The UK entered a technical recession in the final six months of 2023. [211] [212] Germany's inflation rate reached 11.7% in October 2022, the highest level since 1951. [213] In 2023, Germany fell into recession from January to March due to persistent inflation. [214] In France, inflation reached 5.8% in May, the highest in more than three ...