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COVID-19 Outbreak Spreading Outside Asia Rattles Global Economy

The new coronavirus outbreak is turning into an economic pandemic as well as a global health crisis.

Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks with Diane Swonk (@DianeSwonk), chief economist with Grant Thornton, about the impacts on the COVID-19 virus outbreak on the stock market and the global economy as it spread outside China.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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