Lockdowns ravage economies almost everywhere. 專家預料到2021年底前，民眾都難以回到疫情爆發前的正常生活

 新冠疫情未有平息跡象，全球單日新增病例再破紀錄。儘管多款疫苗問世在即，但專家預料到2021年底前，民眾都難以回复疫情爆發前的正常生活。

• 石油輸出國組織週一表示，新冠大流行對經濟的打擊將削弱全球能源需求，削弱程度比之前擔心的更嚴重、持續時間也比之前的預期更長。同時石油輸出國組織下調了對全球經濟的預測：如今預計經濟活動將收縮4.1%。

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Lockdowns ravage economies almost everywhere

The damage to the world’s major economies from coronavirus lockdowns is more than four times more severe than that of the 2009 global financial crisis, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The O.E.C.D. said the severe restrictions have resulted in an “unprecedented” blow to growth in the second quarter in almost every country except China, where the virus was first detected.

Growth in the nations that are part of the Group of 20 (representing 80 percent of the world’s economic production) fell by a record 6.9 percent from April to June compared with the previous three months. In 2009, the drop in the same period was 1.9 percent.

The O.E.C.D. warned that the global economy will fare far worse should a second wave of virus outbreaks lead governments to renew wide-scale quarantines.

Details: The biggest declines were in India (minus 25.2 percent) and Britain (minus 20.4 percent). Growth in the U.S. shrank by more than 9 percent, and in the eurozone by nearly 15 percent. China was the only economy to bounce back, expanding at a rate of 11.5 percent.

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