The COVID- 19 pandemic has surfaced structural challenges of the global economy, of the main economic blocks and of the national economies, in real and financial terms.

“Historically, strong shocks (pandemics, wars, natural disasters) were followed by broad transformations” – a new BT Macro Focus indicates.

The analysis sketches the global economic and financial changes already driven by the pandemic, the recommendations of the international institutions, the risks national economies need to watch and the opportunities to grab.