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Some sectors have suffered enormously as a result of the pandemic, while others have managed to continue to grow. Between these extremes are those we can call «intermediate» sectors.

Although the drop in activity has been strong, the impact of COVID-19 on the Portuguese labor market is being more contained for the moment, thanks to the temporary adjustment of employment and teleworking.

Despite the unprecedented economic downturn caused by COVID-19, the cost of financing public debt is at an all-time low. To what extent do these interest rates lie behind the macroeconomic fundamentals?

Controlling the virus, stimulating demand in the short term, improving the potential for economic growth, thinking about fiscal sustainability in the medium term and boosting the European project are five essential areas to mitigate the effects of the crisis and try to overcome it as soon as possible.

We examine whether COVID-19 has changed e-commerce habits in Spain based on card payments by CaixaBank's 13.5 million customers, which have been anonymised and analysed using big data techniques.

COVID-19 and the social distancing measures imposed to curb its spread have forced a large number of people to telework. This is a practice which has been somewhat uncommon in our society to date, but which will no doubt persist long beyond the current pandemic. The shift from going to the office – where a large number of tasks are carried out that could easily be performed remotely – to teleworking has ramifications in many areas, ranging from the purely economic to the social. In this article, we focus on the economic sphere, and particularly on the impact of teleworking on productivity.