The economic impact of the second wave of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic remains significantly more severe on businesses than the first, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey. As government stay-at-home orders persist, the overall share of temporary closures among firms has slightly increased in October. Manufacturing firms were the only firms to report an increase in their closures in October, from 12 to 19 percent. The share of temporary...
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