Covid pandemic could be source of global crisis for years: World Economic Forum
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Paul Gordon
, Bloomberg
The World Economic Forum s (WEF) annual survey of global risks lists infectious disease and livelihood crises as the top clear and present dangers over the next two years. Knock-on effects such as asset bubbles and price instability lead concerns over 3-5 years.
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The coronavirus has exposed the “catastrophic effects of ignoring long-term risks such as pandemics, and the economic and political consequences could cause more crisis for years to come, according to the World Economic Forum.
The WEF’s annual survey of global risks lists infectious disease and livelihood crises as the top “clear and present dangers over the next two years. Knock-on effects such as asset bubbles and price instability lead concerns over 3-5 years.
Urban India raises focus on savings, cuts down luxury expenses due to covid-19: Report
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Top investors and developers are looking to buy out shopping malls and land to expand their retail realty portfolios on the back of urban India’s consumption story. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint
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. Updated: 19 Jan 2021, 09:01 PM IST PTI
Urban India continues to grow anxious about financial security, fear of COVID-19 infection, untimely death of breadwinner, and cost of COVID-19 treatment
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NEW DELHI :
Urban India has increased savings and investments, and cut down basic and luxury expenses significantly due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey done by Max Life Insurance.