?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=U.S.+Economic+Activity+during+the+Early+Weeks+of+the+SARS-Cov-2+Outbreak&rft.creator=Lewis%2C+Daniel&rft.creator=Mertens%2C+Karel&rft.creator=Stock%2C+James+H&rft.description=This+paper+describes+a+weekly+economic+index+(WEI)+developed+to+track+the+rapid+economic%0D%0Adevelopments+associated+with+the+response+to+the+novel+Coronavirus+in+the+United+States.+The+WEI%0D%0Aindex+shows+a+strong+and+sudden+decline+in+economic+activity+starting+in+the+week+ending+March+21%2C%0D%0A2020.+In+the+most+recent+week+ending+March+28%2C+the+WEI+indicates+economic+activity+has+fallen+further%0D%0Ato+-6.19%25+scaled+to+4+quarter+growth+in+GDP.&rft.publisher=SSRN&rft.date=2020&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(NBER+Working+Paper+w26954++w26954).+SSRN%3A+Rochester%2C+NY%2C+USA.+(2020)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10160494%2F1%2FWEI_Corona.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10160494%2F&rft.rights=open