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The IMF sees world GDP losing at least 3% in 2020 and the deeper the recession, the higher the financial stability risks
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The copper price rose towards the end of 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic will sharply reduce demand through most of 2020
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The WTO sees global goods trade volumes falling by 13-32% this year, and services trade is vulnerable to falling further
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The government cannot compensate workers adequately for the lockdown but will manage if the pandemic proves short-lived
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ILO modelling suggests COVID-19 will cause at least 200 million job losses, ten times more than in the 2008-09 recession
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Government measures are aimed at sustaining households but support for business is limited
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Developing countries have less scope than developed markets to adjust economic and social policies to cope with COVID-19
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Having implemented a strict nationwide lockdown, the authorities are bracing for the impact on the domestic economy
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The government will introduce a major support package after a bill in the Knesset relied on Arab support to pass
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Consumer confidence and car sales plunged by the most in decades in March as activity restrictions gradually tightened
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