Sources: BBC News
The World Tourism Organization reports that the global tourism sector lost $1.3 trillion in revenue in 2020, calling it "the worst year in tourism history". The organization attributes the loss to COVID-19. 2021-01-28
The European Central Bank expands its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme by €500 billion to €1.85 trillion and extends the scheme to March 2022, saying it expects "a more pronounced near-term impact of the pandemic on the Eurozone economy and a more protracted weakness in inflation than previously envisaged". 2020-12-10
The economy enters recession for the first time since 1987 after the country's GDP declined by 12.2% between April and June, amid a nationwide lockdown and travel bans due to COVID-19. 2020-09-17
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the restaurant industry in the United States2020-09-11
The British government announces a stimulus plan to counter the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, which includes the government paying a portion of citizens' wages. 2020-03-20
Renault announces that it is halting all production at its industrial sites in France until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic. 2020-03-16
Oil prices plummet after Saudi Arabia cut its official selling prices over the weekend. 2020-03-9