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US healthcare spending continues to grow

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UNITED STATES

Health spending looks set to become part of the current discussion over the US debt ceiling

COVID-19 threatens long fiscal shadow for US states

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UNITED STATES

Due to COVID-19 business lockdowns, states’ projected tax incomes have fallen

Demography and past austerity raise the COVID-19 risks

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INT

COVID-19 particularly threatens the elderly; ageing populations and years of post-crisis austerity leave nations at risk

Joblessness will rise as job-save policies are unwound

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INT

Policies have reduced the damage COVID-19 has done to Western job markets but these temporary schemes have to be unwound

Caribbean COVID-19 impacts could be deep and lasting

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CARIBBEAN

The pandemic will affect the region’s economies and societies to different degrees but all look sure to suffer

The job dislocation of COVID-19 will reduce global GDP

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INTERNATIONAL

The more jobs that are lost worldwide this year, the more disjointed the economic recovery will initially be

COVID-19 impacts will differ across Central America

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Infections, deaths and responses have varied dramatically regionwide, with the richest country by far the worst hit

Public health is low priority in Central Europe

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CENTRAL EUROPE

East European OECD countries underperform on life expectancy, premature death and health risks; health spending is lower

COVID-19 crisis will test South African social fabric

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SOUTH AFRICA

The worsening COVID-19 outbreak is being exacerbated by poor capacity and alleged graft