An analytical study of the economic impact of the COVID pandemic and response policies: the case of the United States of America

Abstract

The study aims at analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economy, and the response policies applied accordingly to reduce its effects, commencing with the international/global framework, and finishing with the real situation in the United States of America, through a context analysis of the impact and the containment policies, using a descriptive analytical approach, and within the time framework of the of events. The study concluded that a coordinated global effort must be made to support countries that currently do not have sufficient fiscal ground to finance the economic and social policy. For the United States, it is important to engage in a significant spending and investing in key areas of the economy, in order to reduceimpacts on the supply chains and the business sector