Economic Concerns
see also Workplace Continuity
- In August 2005, Toronto-based brokerage firm BMO Nesbitt Burns issued a report detailing the economic impact of an influenza pandemic on global markets, suggesting it could trigger a crisis similar to that of the Great Depression. An appriaisal of the known facts for business preparedness was written in October 2005.
- The World Bank has done some of the only estimations of the economic impact of a flu pandemic. They are using the number of $800 billion in global impact, as reported in November, 2005
- The Bank has also done more detailed estimates for East Asia, including the to-date impact on the poultry and egg industries, and potential impact if it gets worse.
- Reserve Bank, NZ crisis management plan for pandemic flu
- Preparing for a Plague
from Human Resource Executive
- Avian Flu: What Should Be Done Dr. Tyler Cowen is the General Director of the Mercatus Center and the Holbert C. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University.
- Article by Helen Branswell, veteran influenza reporter, on financial concerns in Canada
- Report from a local business forum in the Seattle / Tacoma area
- Future pundit on the economics of pandemic flu
- Can the Life Insurance Industry Survive the Avian Flu? is a report released January 17, 2006 by the Insurance Information Institute, estimating that a severe influenza pandemic could result in $133.2 billion in claims, severaly stressing the system.
- Notes from a Deutsche Bank flu conference (pdf)
- Presentations from a 2005 conference at the Royal United Service Insitute in the UK on the global challenges and national response
Ian Welsh’s article series
Ian Welsh’s two-part essay, The Economics of a Flu Pandemic, discusses the economic ramifications of a pandemic before, during and after the outbreak, including the managing of scarcities, the emergence of black markets, rationing and other similiar matters.
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