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Economic
Policy Measures
in
Response
to the
Corona-Pandemic
Source: own illustration
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Protection
of
health
Provision of sufficient
resources
for health and prevention
Activation
of reserves in
personnel
Clear
c
ommunication
Assurance of liquidity supply
for
financial markets
Improvement of
basis of data
Assurance
of availability of
fiscal
resources at
the
European
level
Normalisation strategy
for
public health measures
A
nnouncement
of
planned economic impulses after
the end of the
restrictions
Stabilisation of
income
A
utomatic
stabilisers
Continuation of payments in case of quarantine, illness, absence
Providing direct
grants; Damage claims
through the Infection Protection Act
Setting
economic policy stimuli
for
aggregate
demand
Maintaining
economic
capacities
Securing free movement of goods and supply chains
Transition to flexible working hours and work
Access
to
short
-
term work allowance
;
Introduction of Corona
-
parental
allowance
Support through temporary government participation in ownership
Provision of
liquidity through loans and debt guarantees for companies
Possibility of tax deferral and loss compensation
Making
use
of
the time
Prioritising
construction
projects to
make use of low utilisation
Further
training and continuing education
at home
Testing and developing mobile work and digital administration
Preparing
investment
projects and law changes