The Debate

COVID-19 uncertainty: A virus-weakened global economy


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It's been a dramatic 48 hours. The Italian government announced on Sunday that more than 15 million people in the industrial heartland of the country were being quarantined for a period of four weeks. It came as the death toll from the coronavirus in Italy shot up to the highest level outside of mainland China. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte argues that these drastic measures are a bitter pill for the country's economy in the short term, but that this will spare the country longer-term economic damage.
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