Die Corona-Pandemie hat die Märkte im ersten Halbjahr weltweit einbrechen lassen. Nach einem massiven Rückgang um vier Prozent im ersten Quartal sank das globale Bruttoinlandsprodukt im zweiten Quartal um weitere fünf Prozent. Stagnierende Neuinfektionen und weitreichende geld- und...

The Omicron wave of the coronavirus has impacted economies worldwide, resulting in a bleak winter. Although restrictions on economic and public life have been less severe than at the beginning of 2021 in many places-mainly due to the progress of vaccination campaigns-and there are prospects of...

Recently, the coronavirus pandemic has caused economic developments in major economies to drift apart: While infection rates were declining and production was experiencing strong growth in places such as Europe and the United States in the second quarter of 2021, emerging economies were...

Die Pandemie ließ die konjunturellen Entwicklungen großer Ökonomien zuletzt auseinanderdriften. Einem im zweiten Quartal abklingenden Infektionsgeschehen etwa in Europa oder den USA verbunden mit kräftigen Produktionszuwächsen standen in Schwellenländern harte wirtschaftliche...

Advanced economies are increasingly based on intangible capital. Intangible capital has at least two special characteristics compared to tangible capital. First, it can be simultaneously used to produce different goods. Second, it is less suitable as collateral for obtaining external funds than...