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Expansion is Dead, Long Live the Expansion As Beacon Economics has written in our published outlooks over the past six weeks, a true understanding of what is currently happening in the economy is limited given the delay in receiving relevant data, as well as the total lack of recent historical examples illustrating how pandemics impact economies.

Future-Proofing Manufacturing Post COVID-19 The importance of the supply chain came into focus as shelter-in-place orders and the COVID-19 epidemic shifted the demand and supply for newly deemed essential items. Manufacturers have long understood the intricacies of the supply chain. What has recently emerged is the key role that the supply chain plays in every aspect of a business.

POST COVID-19 ECONOMY A CASE FOR THE "V" OVERVIEW: IS HYSTERIA THE NEW NORMAL? The good news is that the number of new, confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the United States has, at least for now, peaked and appears to be falling. Stay-at-home mandates across the nation have been having their intended effect of limiting the spread of the virus beyond the initial surge.

Coronavirus Spurs Supply Chain into Prominence The House of Representatives has launched a new Congressional Supply Chain Caucus. The coronavirus is spurring supply chain into the limelight. Because China is impacted, the effects to the supply chain will be felt throughout the world in 2-3 months (and sooner for countries closer to the source). We are already starting to see these effects. #coronavirus #supplychain