Gauging the Economic Impact of the Wuhan Coronavirus

Wuhan Virus, cc Flickr 葉 正道 Ben(busy), modified, credit: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-d-movie-virus-action.html, modified, public domain

Summary

Monday’s 450-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average provided a glimpse of the economic stakes in the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. At 4,473 global cases and counting – 4,409 of which are located in China – the epidemic threatens to stymie global travel and economic activity right at a time when the post-2009 global recovery is running out of steam.

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