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IMF terms COVID-19 pandemic as much bigger & dangerous than the Great Depression. Lockdown to have a significant impact on World Economy

The world has changed dramatically in the three months since our last update of the World Economic Outlook in January. A rare disaster, a coronavirus pandemic, has resulted in a tragically large number of human lives being lost. As countries implement necessary quarantines and social distancing practices to contain the pandemic, the world has been […]
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World economy at its worst due to COVID-19. We have reassessed the prospect for growth for 2020 and 2021. It is now clear that we have entered a recession – as bad as or worse than in 2009 – IMF Chief

COVID-19 on the global economy is the risk of a wave of bankruptcies and layoffs capable of eroding the fabric of the societies. The world’s economy has entered a recession and requires massive funding to help developing nations, Ms Kristalina Georgieva has declared. Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), explained that […]