South Africa opens for businesses against the backdrop of a lower number of Covid-19 cases. The economy has probably experienced a deep contraction in the second quarter of 2020:
https://www.ber.ac.za/BER%20Documents/BER-Weekly/?doctypeid=1082#12692
Measuring unemployment and labour force participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interesting throughout:
The CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis released its August projection for the Dutch Economy. It forecasts a drop in output of 5 percent in 2020 and an increase of 3 percent in 2021:
https://www.cpb.nl/en/august-projections-2020-2021
The oil price dynamics report of the New York Fed often contains interesting pieces of information:
https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/policy/oil_price_dynamics_report
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