Rathbones' Thomson: This will be the shortest recession of our lives

'Crisis phase' now behind us

Lauren Mason
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The “stockmarket crisis phase is behind us” now and we are firmly in a “choppy recovery phase”, according to Rathbones’ James Thomson, who said the coronavirus-induced crisis will likely be “one of the biggest recessions of our lifetimes – and also the shortest”.

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