The results of a survey conducted by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) revealed that 53% of households would have difficulty if the confinement period were extended. The survey focused on "the impact of coronavirus on the economic, social and psychological situation of households".
In a study entitled "Covid-19 pandemic in the national context: situation and scenarios", the High Commission for Planning (HCP) reveals that the population most at risk of hospitalization or death from the new coronavirus amounts to 8.4 million people.
The various options for deconfinement of the pandemic and their health impacts in Morocco have been analyzed. The assessment was carried out and published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) , in a study entitled "Covid-19 pandemic in the national context: situation and scenarios".
Morocco risks losing many jobs in the tourism sector, particularly in passenger transport. This is the alert launched by the National Federation of Tourist Transporters (FNTT).
The High Commission for Planning (HCP) has updated its main quarterly forecasts for the first half of 2020. The note presents the new estimates of economic growth for the first quarter of 2020 and discusses the forecasts for the second quarter.
Affected by the covid-19 crisis, more than half of the companies in Morocco have permanently or temporarily stopped their activities.
Nearly 726,000 formal sector employees have temporarily or permanently lost their jobs due to the coronavirus. This is indicated by the results of the qualitative survey conducted by the High Commission for Planning among organized enterprises.
In an interview with Efe, Ahmed Lahlimi, head of the official statistical agency of the High Commission for Planning (HCP), said that the prospects are not good for the kingdom’s economy. 2020 will be the worst economic year of the century for Morocco due to covid-19 and the severe drought, he said, before addressing the dimension of the crisis, the state’s response and the outlook.
Recession is looming and threatens the Moroccan economy, whose GDP could contract by 1.8% during the first two quarters of the year.
The coronavirus pandemic is hitting Morocco’s economic growth hard. This growth is down 1.1% in the first quarter.
The scarcity of rainfall and the Coronavirus will not fail to weigh heavily on the Moroccan economy. In its growth forecasts for the year 2020, the High Commission for Planning (HCP) plans to revise its figures downward.
The number of people employed in the services sector reached 4,927,000 in 2019, or 44.9%. This is information provided by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) for whom agriculture comes in second with 32%.