Economy

Read our paper illustrating opportunities to bridge the divided electorate and jump-start the U.S. economy.

For our final session of 2020, we will be pausing to reflect on a year which will always be defined by the pandemic. What lessons can we start to draw - and what questions should we be asking ourselves during the first months of 2021?

At its upcoming Global Meeting on 18 and 19 November 2020, the Women’s Forum is publishing the results of an Ipsos survey of nationals of G7 countries, highlighting an emergency within the emergency: the fight against gender inequality in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global gains in consumer sentiment level off as coronavirus surges again.

COVID-19 has exacerbated gender gaps which existed before the crisis.

More countries show gains than losses in economic confidence, but none has recovered to pre-pandemic levels – except China.

More countries saw gains than incurred losses in the past month, but consumer confidence remains below pre-pandemic levels almost everywhere.

A new Ipsos survey in partnership with the Social Progress Imperative indicates that a majority across countries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic want social progress – rather than economic growth – to be at the fore as the crisis continues and once it ends.

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