The Briefing Room - Coronavirus and the economy

What damage are the pandemic and lockdown doing to the economy and what could happen next?

David Aaronovitch explores the economic impact of physical distancing on business, whether our fast expanding national debt is sustainable and the threat posed by declining consumer confidence on our economic recovery.

Does history offer a guide as to how and when people should return to work and government support be turned off?

And what will our economy look like when the lockdown is eased?

Contributors:

Faisal Islam, BBC Economics Editor

Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality

Jeffrey Frankel, Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University

Professor Jagjit Chadha, Director of The National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Stephanie Flanders, senior executive editor at Bloomberg and head of Bloomberg Economics

Producers: Luke Radcliff, Sally Abrahams and Rosamund Jones.
Editor: Jasper Corbett

Published on Thursday, 7th May 2020.

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