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National economic recessions – The price to pay

Olivier Desbarres

4X Global Research (4XGR)
April 13, 2020

The consensus forecast is that GDP contracted in many major economies in Q1 and will most definitely contract in Q2 as a result of the negative impact of national lockdowns on supply and demand.
The implication is that these economies will be in recession – defined at a country l...

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