Great Lockdown Recession

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'The Great Lockdown': IMF Confirms Global Recession

IMF: “The Great Lockdown is the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis [of 2008].”

By Leigh CuenApr 14, 2020

Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
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