Marcus Haas has been responsible for providing technical expertise on the topic of “banking supervision” at the CIC since October 2019. The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a multitude of questions in the financial sector, which are his task to field. Here, you can read about how he is sharing his expertise with others while working from home.

From the beginning of 2020 onwards, the coronavirus pandemic has been shaping economic developments around the world. However, as the Bundesbank writes in its Monthly Report, some economies have pulled through the crisis better than others. It notes that, whilst in a number of countries economic output has already returned to – or even exceeded – its pre-crisis level, in others it is still lagging behind. Extensive evaluations show that differences in the pattern of the pandemic and the measures taken to combat it, sectoral particularities and the scope of economic policy assistance can explain why individual economies have been affected differently.

Das Euro-Währungsgebiet steht vor einem Konjunktureinbruch von einer in Friedenszeiten noch nie dagewesenen Größenordnung und Geschwindigkeit. Durch die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Ausbreitung des Coronavirus (Covid-19) ist die Wirtschaftstätigkeit in allen Ländern des Euroraums und weltweit weitgehend zum Erliegen gekommen.