Covid-19: how bad will it be for the economy?

The coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands of people, crashed stockmarkets around the world, driven 10m Americans to claim unemployment and caused businesses to haemorrhage money. With economies in turmoil, how bad will the damage be? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest covid-19 coverage: https://econ.trib.al/StVR1bU Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/2QXX9sJ Find Philip Coggan’s weekly column here: https://econ.trib.al/PgPDmFu Read our leader on the trade-offs the pandemic are forcing governments to face: https://econ.trib.al/yaRMCFK Read our article on rich countries trying radical economic policies to counter covid-19: https://econ.trib.al/L7GLNmn Read our leader on how to prevent a covid-19 slump, and protect the recovery: https://econ.trib.al/EsZrcxT