1 Year Into the Pandemic

In today’s newsletter we feature our top COVID-related insights from the past year. [knoema-blue]( Greetings {NAME}, This year, the world is officially trying to end the COVID-19 pandemic. While great efforts have been made to develop vaccines and save lives, there have also been tremendous efforts to save and sustain economies around the world. To stay up to date, you can use Knoema's special [COVID-19 Situation Room]( to find the latest statistics on COVID. And in today’s newsletter we feature our top COVID-related insights from the past year. Get involved! Send us your feedback at [datadriven@Knoema.com](mailto:DataDriven@knoema.com). Snowflake Data Marketplace Challenge Show us how you drive value for your business with third-party data! Participate in the [Snowflake Data Marketplace Challenge]( with a Snowflake free trial account and access to powerful Knoema data for your business. Submit your entry by March 16, 2021. [Data-Partner-1-Knoema@2x]( From the Headlines - As governments around the world continue to battle the coronavirus, they are reaching an unprecedented level of [debt](. - Advanced and emerging economies demonstrate [different paces]( of recovery from the coronavirus crisis. - Being overweight increases the [mortality risk of COVID-19](. New Alt Data Providers [4segvmef]( [Market Inside]( is a global import/export trade data provider. They provide data about 2 billion+ shipment records from 130+ countries, with detailed information including HS code, commodities, ports, supplier information, origin country, and more. [3zmqwdpq]( [IPR Strategies Ltd.]( develops quantitative factors and investment strategies based on the monetary value of the patent portfolio of a company. They support investors in enhancing their existing strategy with an additional, alpha-generating fundamental factor, measuring the hidden assets of a company. Top COVID-Related Data Insights [Data Driven Top 10 (2020)]( As governments worldwide evaluate new policy approaches for economic stimulus and general resilience to future economic shocks, the findings from basic income experiments are even more relevant in this time of COVID. [Read more]( [Data Driven (10)]( From the 1950s to 2018, the world was hit with seven pandemics that together claimed 35 million lives, with the vast majority (32 million) of these deaths attributed to HIV. COVID-19 now joins the list of the deadliest pandemics. [Read more]( COVID Insights from Alternative Data [Data Driven Top 10 (2020) (1)-1]( During 2020 many companies were forced into remote work operations along with business model adjustments to soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read more]( [645186456]( Prosper Insights & Analytics surveys consumers about their concerns with regard to the coronavirus pandemic and their confidence about the future. You can explore Prosper's findings in our Data Driven article. [Read more]( Interested in what Knoema can do for your organization? [Get on a call]( The Most Popular COVID-Related Data #1 [Johns Hopkins University: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Data]( #2 [COVID Tracking Project: US COVID Statistics by State]( #3 [WHO: COVID-19 Situation Reports]( #4 [University of Oxford: COVID-19 Government Response Tracker]( #5 [Our World in Data: COVID-19 and Related Statistics]( Insights Around the Web [avatar]( [COVID-19 Projections](. The latest update of COVID-19 predictions by Youyang Gu, the developer of the most accurate COVID-19 forecasting model for the US, indicates that the best estimate of a “return to normal” in the US is summer (June-August) 2021. [12008]( [American Economic Association](. Recent research found that negative interest rate policies, which have helped to reduce debt burden during the COVID-19 pandemic, were between 60 and 90 percent as effective as conventional monetary policy. Any adverse effects on bank profits and financial stability have so far been limited. [download]( [PIPLSAY](. In an online survey last month, 37% of Americans reported that they have made investments after Elon Musk’s tweets or have at least considered it. [1db2adb7-c12f-4825-8c72-2bfd1e8c2798-1] Stay well. Charles Poliacof CEO, Knoema [knoema.com]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( Copyright © 2021 Knoema. All rights reserved. You received this email because you are a registered Knoema user. Our mailing address is: Knoema, 31 East 32nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, United States [Unsubscribe]( [Manage preferences](