How Badly Can The Corona Crisis Hit The Economy?
Nobody can predict that exactly yet. For example, the economic department of the industrialized nation’s association OECD expects a decline in the global economic growth of “only” 0.5 percent. That would require a short period of the epidemic.
Coronavirus: The economic impact
After that, deferred production and demand would pick up again and compensate for shortfalls. In a negative scenario, OECD chief economist Laurence Boone anticipates a 1.5 percent decline in global economic growth. In the worst case, the current crisis could also plunge the global economy into recession.
