Allianz Global Wealth Report 2026

European Banks: Could EUR300bn of additional NPLS crunch the recovery?

A Faustian bargain to limit short-term economic pain: Since the onset of Covid-19, policymakers have taken swift and unprecedented action.

COVID-19: Contagion risks also apply to markets

The Covid-19 crisis caused one the most severe financial market turmoil of the last hundred years. A historic slump was followed by a historic rally.

Coping with Covid-19 in different ways

The light and targeted lockdowns to fight the second wave of Covid-19 infections will constrain the pace of recovery. We expect global GDP to contract by -4.7% in 2020, followed by growth of +4.8% in 2021.