While the shocks from COVID-19 were concentrated in a handful of contact-intensive industries, they had rippling effects throughout the economy, which culminated in a considerable decline in U.S. GDP. In this post, we estimate how much of the fall in U.S. GDP during the pandemic was driven by spillover effects from the productivity losses of contact-intensive industries.| Liberty Street Economics
A productivity slowdown appears to be common across the U.S., with even the fastest-growing industries and the largest firms experiencing it.| Liberty Street Economics