## Top 10 Blogs of 2020

_IMF Blog, January 4, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: The Editors
- Published: January 4, 2021

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### Overview
- Publication: "Top 10 Blogs of 2020"
- By: The Editors
- Date: January 4, 2021
- Purpose: A year-end editors' selection of the most-read IMFBlog posts of 2020, intended to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and the policy responses during 2020 as readers move into 2021.

### Major themes highlighted
- COVID-19 pandemic progression: coverage tracked the pandemic "from the early days of uncertainty and fear through to the tepid and uneven reopening of economies."
- Economic and financial stability impacts: coverage focused on "the profound implications for the global economy and financial stability."
- Policy responses and recommendations: "As policy makers debated how best to respond, our economists put forward their recommendations on the types of policies needed to meet the crisis head on." The stated policy objectives included protecting "lives or livelihoods."
- Broader dimensions: coverage "touched on other dimensions of the crisis as well."

### Top 10 blogs of 2020 (ranked by readership)
1. The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression
   - By Gita Gopinath
2. An Early View of the Economic Impact of the Pandemic in 5 Charts
   - By John Bluedorn, Gita Gopinath, and Damiano Sandri
3. COVID-19 Crisis Poses Threat to Financial Stability
   - By Tobias Adrian
4. Economic Policies for the COVID-19 War
   - By Giovanni Dell’Ariccia, Paolo Mauro, Antonio Spilimbergo, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
5. Reopening from the Great Lockdown: Uneven and Uncertain Recovery
6. Limiting the Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus with Large Targeted Policies
7. Fiscal Policies to Protect People During the Coronavirus Outbreak
   - By Vitor Gaspar and Paolo Mauro
8. Fiscal Policies to Contain the Damage from COVID-19
   - By Vitor Gaspar, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi
9. COVID-19 Pandemic and Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Strong Policy Actions
   - By Alejandro Werner
10. Monetary and Financial Stability During the Coronavirus Outbreak

*IMFBlog — Top 10 Blogs of 2020 (The Editors, January 4, 2021).*

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## References

- [The Great Lockdown: Worst Economic Downturn Since the Great Depression](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/the-great-lockdown-worst-economic-downturn-since-the-great-depression/)
- [Gita Gopinath](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/gita-gopinath/)
- [An Early View of the Economic Impact of the Pandemic in 5 Charts](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/06/an-early-view-of-the-economic-impact-of-the-pandemic-in-5-charts/)
- [John Bluedorn](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/john-bluedorn/)
- [Damiano Sandri](https://blogs.imf.org/damiano-sandri/)
- [COVID-19 Crisis Poses Threat to Financial Stability](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/covid-19-crisis-poses-threat-to-financial-stability/)
- [Tobias Adrian](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/tobias-adrian/)
- [Economic Policies for the COVID-19 War](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/01/economic-policies-for-the-covid-19-war/)
- [Giovanni Dell’Ariccia](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/giovanni-dellariccia/)
- [Paolo Mauro](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/paolo-mauro/)
- [Antonio Spilimbergo](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/antonio-spilimbergo/)
- [Jeromin Zettelmeyer](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/jeromin-zettelmeyer/)
- [Reopening from the Great Lockdown: Uneven and Uncertain Recovery](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/24/reopening-from-the-great-lockdown-uneven-and-uncertain-recovery/)
- [Limiting the Economic Fallout of the Coronavirus with Large Targeted Policies](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/03/09/limiting-the-economic-fallout-of-the-coronavirus-with-large-targeted-policies/)
- [Fiscal Policies to Protect People During the Coronavirus Outbreak](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/03/05/fiscal-policies-to-protect-people-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/)
- [Vitor Gaspar](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/vitor-gaspar/)
- [Fiscal Policies to Contain the Damage from COVID-19](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/fiscal-policies-to-contain-the-damage-from-covid-19/)
- [W. Raphael Lam](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/w-raphael-lam/)
- [Mehdi Raissi](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/mehdi-raissi/)
- [COVID-19 Pandemic and Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for Strong Policy Actions](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/03/19/covid-19-pandemic-and-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-time-for-strong-policy-actions/)
- [Alejandro Werner](https://blogs.imf.org/bloggers/alejandro-werner/)
- [Monetary and Financial Stability During the Coronavirus Outbreak](https://blogs.imf.org/2020/03/11/monetary-and-financial-stability-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2021/01/04/top-10-blogs-of-2020_