Part I. Focus of the book and other introductory materials Introduction to Part I 1. Introduction to the economic and financial impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and related topics 2. The COVID-19 pandemic versus past epidemics, pandemics, and other health crises 3. The COVID-19 pandemic as a "black swan" event - comparisons with natural disaster shocks 4. Conceptual framework for economic, banking, and financial market cycles featuring crises 5. Putting the COVID-19 crisis into context - comparison with earlier global crises

Part II. Empirical evidence on economic and financial effects of COVID-19 crisis around the world Introduction to Part II 6. Empirical evidence on the economic effects of COVID-19 crisis on national and local economies 7. Empirical evidence on the economic effects of COVID-19 crisis on households 8. Empirical evidence on the economic effects of COVID-19 crisis on nonfinancial firms 9. Empirical evidence on the effects of COVID-19 crisis on banks 10. Empirical evidence on the economic effects of COVID-19 crisis on financial markets

Part III. Government policy reactions to the COVID-19 crisis and their economic and financial effects around the world Introduction to Part III 11. Putting the COVID-19 crisis policies into context - The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) versus the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) 12. Other policy reactions to the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. and their effects on local economies, households, nonfinancial firms, banks, and financial markets 13. Policy reactions to the COVID-19 crisis in the rest of the world and their effects on economies, households, nonfinancial firms, banks, and financial markets

Part IV. The extraordinary recoveries in real economies, banking sectors, and financial markets Introduction to Part IV 14. U.S. evidence 15. Evidence from the rest of the world

Part V. Economic and financial effects during the aftermath of COVID-19 crisis around the world Introduction to Part V 16. Continuations versus cutbacks of COVID-19 crisis policies in the crisis aftermath 17. Aftermath effects on national and local economies 18. Aftermath effects on households 19. Aftermath effects on nonfinancial firms 20. Aftermath effects on banks 21. Aftermath effects on financial markets

Part VI. Lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis Introduction to Part VI 22. Expect the unexpected and prepare for future crises