The Indicator from Planet Money
NPR
The Great Remittance Mystery
OCT 23, 2020
9 MIN
The Great Remittance Mystery
OCT 23, 2020
9 MIN
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Description
In 2019, migrants sent a record $500 billion back to their countries of origin. Then COVID hit, and the World Bank predicted a 20 percent drop in that flow of cash. But now the data is in, and it turns out remittances have held steady.