An Inning of Global Economy in Emergence of COVID-19: A Content Analysis of Published Work

This paper is based on the analysis of the content of various research papers, articles, reports, commentary papers, etc., published in the last two years related to the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy. The exact global impact of the pandemic is dingy, but various researchers have contributed to this area in the last few years. It is noted that this pandemic has had a significant impact, and the major inclinations went on the negative axis of attributes of the elements contributing to the global economy. However, various studies have shown how this pandemic has affected the global economy immensely. The paper sheds light on the impact of COVID-19 in several fields, such as the stock market, tourism sector, hospitality business, oil prices, poverty, employment, GDP growth, globalization, insurance sector, etc., which have been examined by various researchers. The purpose of this study is to conduct a content analysis of various research articles published in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. As a result, a total number of 211 studies related to the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy are analysed here, and the correlation of COVID-19 with highly impacted areas has been covered through the secondary source of information. The selected studies for exploration over COVID-19 are associated with economic growth, banking sector, tourism industry, poverty, unemployment, stock market return, socio-economic effect, trade, inflation, small and medium enterprises and others. During the examination of data, It has been observed that thirst areas such as poverty, tourism, stock market and GDP (gross domestic product) were the centre for many researchers, and it has a significant impact as analysed by scholars.