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Latest data suggests fears of a COVID-19 residential property market crash are overblown 15 May 2020 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market (Image: Alberto Castillo) The recent surge in new listings has continued to ease […]
Latest data suggests fears of a COVID-19 residential property market crash are overblown 15 May 2020 | Dr Andrew Wilson, My Housing Market (Image: Alberto Castillo) The recent surge in new listings has continued to ease […]
Sydney University Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Michael Spence says return of international students vital not just for campuses but the broader community 15 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein After months of lobbying from state governments, and the […]
In cross cultural communication words and their meanings can easily be lost 14 June 2020 Tas Walter | Image: Aaron Burden/chuttersnap) What’s in a word? Sometimes a lot, especially when it comes to global communications. […]
Most major share markets fell sharply over the last week on concerns about a second wave of coronavirus cases in several US states and the pace of economic recovery after cautious US Federal Reserve comments […]
Tiny Norway, with just one-fifth of Australia’s population, saved up for this rainy day while Australia’s sovereign wealth has all but washed away 11 June 2020 | Kim Wingerei, MW Media (Image: Steinar Engeland/APAC News) […]
报告显示,因COVID-19的封城举措拯救了成千上万的生命 11 June 2020 | Pragyan Deb, IMF (Image: Dimitry B)CLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION 自新型冠状病毒(COVID-19)病例于2019年12月底首次在中国武汉报告以来,这一疾病已经蔓延到200多个国家和地区。在没有疫苗或有效疗法的情况下,世界各国政府采取了前所未有的防控和缓解措施— — “大封锁” 。这进而导致巨大的短期经济损失,以及自“大萧条”以来未曾见过的全球经济活动严重下滑。这些措施是否发挥了作用? 我们根据全球样本开展的分析显示,减少人员流动的防控措施对于拉平“疫情曲线”发挥了非常有效的作用。例如,新西兰采取了严格的防控措施,在病例还只有一位数时,就限制集会和公共活动,仅仅几天之后又关闭学校和工作场所,并发布了“居家令”。相对于不采取防控措施的基线情景,这些措施可能使死亡人数减少了90%以上。换句话说,分析结果显示,在新西兰这样的国家,如果不采取严格的防控措施,确诊的新型冠状病毒死亡人数至少会高出十倍。 早期干预和防控— —以一国在重大疫情爆发后用采取防控措施所需的天数来衡量,即流行病学术语中的公共卫生响应时间— —对于拉平疫情曲线发挥了重要作用。越南等国更快地实施了防控措施,其平均感染人数和死亡人数分别减少了95%和98%。这进而为中期经济增长奠定了基础。 防控措施的效果还因国家和社会特征的不同而存在差异。在疫情期间天气较冷、感染率较高的国家,以及人口更为老龄化因此更容易受到感染的国家,防控措施的影响更大。另一方面,具有强健的卫生系统、人口密度较低的国家,更容易推行和实施防控和缓解措施,因此其防控措施的有效性更强。对于法律上的限制,民间社会的反应如何,这一点也很重要。在封锁措施限制人员流动、从而更大程度地实现了保持社交距离的国家,新型冠状病毒感染人数和死亡人数的下降幅度更大。 最后,我们分析了不同防控措施的效果是否不同。这些措施中有许多是作为该国限制病毒传播的应对措施的一部分同时推出的,因此难以确定最有效的措施。不过,我们的结果表明,尽管所有措施都对显著减少新型冠状病毒确诊病例和死亡人数起到了作用,但“居家令”看来相对更为有效。 我们的实证估计合理评估了防控政策对感染病例和死亡人数的因果影响,让我们感到安慰的是,“大封锁”虽然在短期内造成了巨大的经济损失,但却挽救了数十万人的生命。最终,全球卫生危机的进程与全球经济的命运密切交织— —抗击疫情是实现经济复苏的必要条件。
Despite its enormous short-term economic costs, the COVID-19 lockdown has saved hundreds of thousands of lives 11 June 2020 | Pragyan Deb, IMF (Image: Dimitry B) Since the COVID-19 outbreak was first reported in Wuhan, […]
Despite government policy moves aimed at tightening access for Chinese foreign investment, the latest reports show Chinese investors are already shunning Australia 9 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein It’s been less than a week since […]
A dip in home values across some key capital city suburbs and a rise consumer confidence is bringing seller and buyers back into the residential real estate market 9 June 2020 | Staff Writers (Image: […]
Respected financial market commentator, Michael Pascoe says, dud diplomacy with China will cost plenty and deliver Australia nothing 9 June 2020 | Michael Pascoe Nuanced, subtle, far-sighted, strategic, wise, prudent, considered, clever – all words […]
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals Australia’s vulnerability: a narrow, fragile manufacturing base akin to a developing nation 7 June 2020 | Peter Roberts, @AuManufacturing (Image: Justin Bautista) When the states and federal government woke up to […]
Despite all the bad news there is some logic behind the 39% rally on global shares 6 June 2020 | Shane Oliver, AMP Capital Share markets continued to power up over the last week as developed countries […]
美中的紧张关系受特朗普政治提议而引发的全美暴乱趋于缓和 2020年6月4号| Marcus ReubensteinCLICK HERE FOR ENGLISH VERSION 近几个月,澳大利亚发觉自己被夹在最重要的战略盟友与最重要的贸易伙伴之间的紧张关系中。 贸易问题已经表现在中国对澳大利亚大麦出口施加高昂的进口税和暂停四家牛肉出口商的许可证上。 与此同时,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)一直在毫不留情地攻击中国。 如今,随着警察暴力致死非裔美国男子乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)事件的发酵,美国约140个城市爆发了抗议、骚乱和抢劫活动。 特朗普现在正面临着他总统任期内最大的国内考验。挑起新的中美矛盾是不太可能了,因为如果他利用中国问题来“分散”对美国问题的注意力,他将会被对手利用此事进行抨击。 JOIN THE CONVERSATION APAC News Webinar “US Civil Unrest and what it means for China-Australia” Tuesday 9 June 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm (AEST) click […]
US-China tensions have been forced off Donald Trump’s political agenda by nationwide riots 3 June 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image: Julian Wan) In recent months Australia has found itself in the middle of tensions between its most […]
The market has bounced back from its COVID-19 low but what will stop the market returning to the pre-coronavirus high? 2 June 2020 | Roger Montgomery (Image: Danilo Batista) The worst seems to be over. […]
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