COVID-19, government policy responses, and stock market liquidity around the world: A note Abstract Unprecedented non-pharmaceutical interventions targeted to curb the spread of COVID-19 exerted a dramatic impact on the global economy and financial markets. This study is the first attempt to investigate the influence of these government policy responses on global stock market liquidity. To this end, we examine daily data from 49 countries for the period January-April 2020. We demonstrate that the impact of the interventions is limited in scale and scope. Workplace and school closures deteriorate liquidity in emerging markets, while information campaigns on the novel coronavirus facilitate trading activity. Kindly use the following link to access the tables and article. Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7717775/pdf/main.pdf

Question 3 There is a long and rapidly growing body of studies that deal with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on financial markets 3.1 Using examples in your country, discuss the significance of financial markets on the economy. (15 marks) 3.2 Discuss the emerging findings in literature of the impact of COVID-19 on financial markets (15 marks)