Covid-19 Economic Toll

The port of Long Beach is shown as a record number of cargo container ships wait to unload in Long Beach, California, US, September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Bloomberg Special

Supply shortages are easing in US and worsening in Europe

The improvement in the US's supply crunch backs up President Joe Biden's view that bottlenecks are easing after his administration moved to smooth operations at West Coast ports

People wearing protective masks shop at Macy's Herald Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, December 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File Photo
USA

Online purchases boost US retail sales; labor market recovering

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing face masks ride an escalator near an overpass with an electronic board showing the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indexes, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, at Lujiazui financial district, in Shanghai, China March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China

China's factories, retailers stumble on Covid-19 disruptions

FILE PHOTO: A worker cuts swimwear fabric to be used by swimwear company Helen Jon, which converted its manufacturing facilities to make non-medical grade face masks, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Los Angeles, California, US, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Global Economy

From zippers to glass, shortages of basic goods hobble US economy

A sunset is seen in a resort after the Vietnamese government eased the lockdown following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Phu Quoc island, Vietnam May 8, 2020. REUTERS/James Pearson
South Asia

Vietnam to reopen resort island to foreign tourists to boost economy

UK PM Boris Johnson. Picture: Bollmberg
Bloomberg Special

UK blinks first on Covid deficits with tax at 70-year high

A shopkeeper opens his store at a market area after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow down the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Global Economy

Resilient factories battling with delays, rising costs

The view from one of the ship-to-shore cranes at Wando Welch Terminal operated by the South Carolina Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, US May 10, 2018/ Reuters
Analysis

Is the US economy running out of slack?

A Police officer with people in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), London, Britain, May 3, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

UK will be paying for Covid for decades, say MPs

People shop at a crowded wholesale vegetable market after authorities eased coronavirus restrictions, following a drop in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 23, 2021. REUTERS
Global Economy

What inflation? Pandemic leaves emerging Asia's consumer recovery behind

Saudi riyal, yuan, Turkish lira, pound, US dollar, euro and Jordanian dinar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Global Economy

Millions become millionaires during Covid pandemic

Vikas Malik, owner of a dhaba, a small restaurant, sits for a picture in front of his temporarily closed dhaba along a national highway in Murthal, in the northern state of Haryana, India, June 17, 2021. Picture taken on June 17, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

India’s roadside restaurateurs count cost of pandemic

A farmer feeds iceberg lettuce to his buffalo during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to slow the spreading of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), at Bhuinj village in Satara district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Rajendra Jadhav/File Photo
South Asia

As Covid funeral pyres burn, gloom gathers over India’s rural economy