Economics

World Economy Crash Sparks Warning on Early Lifeline Withdrawal

  • OECD forecasts that world economy will shrink 6% in 2020
  • Sees risk of more bankruptcies, sustained unemployment
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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The coronavirus pandemic is splintering the world economy, and policy makers can’t risk a premature withdrawal of lifelines to businesses and the most vulnerable people, the OECD warned.