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Coronavirus: the economic recovery won’t only be U-shaped – it’ll look like a wheelbarrow

A man crosses a nearly deserted Nassau Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RC27XF9UBI0L

The US economy is expected to bounce back quickly following the pandemic. Image: REUTERS/Mike Segar

Robert Earle
Lecturer in Management, , University of Zürich
Jung Park
Research Fellow in Data Science,, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Karl Schmedders
Professor of Finance,, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
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