Effect of Covid-19 in Jordan: Conceptual Analysis of Different Economic Sectors

Saddam Ali Shatnawi and Bilal Khalaf Sakarneh

Business and Economic Research, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 266-278

Abstract: Jordan, similar to other nations around the globe, has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic cut across Jordanian service, banking, insurance, and industrial sectors. The spread of the virus and attempts to control it have generated both social and economic turbulence, turmoil, disorder, uncertainty, and uneasiness in the country. The government of Jordan acted promptly in March 2020 by ordering a national lockdown to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on these economic sectors. The COVID-19 has had both direct and indirect negative effects on these sectors, which are projected to vary from the short to the long term. It is possible to measure the short-term effects as seen in this conceptual work. Some of the short-term effects anticipated include economic recession, high unemployment rate, high inflation, etc. In conclusion, these sectors will continue to encounter challenges because of the ongoing economic slowdown in Jordan due to lockdown and other social measures put in place by the government. Currently, there is yet to be a tentative and complete statistical prediction of the negative economic effects and cost of COVID-19 in Jordan, particularly on its sectors of the economy.

Keywords: Banking; COVID-19; Industrial; Insurance; Jordan; Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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