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It could take three years for the US economy to recover from COVID-19

Passengers wearing face masks travel with their belongings at a railway station in Xianning of Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC2YQF9Z9SVI

If measures fail to prevent a resurgence in the virus, the economy could take the global economy until Q3 2022 to recover Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Laura Oliver
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