JPMAM's Ward: 'Enormous ramifications' if China does not get 'back to work'

Amid coronavirus outbreak

Mike Sheen
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If China fails to get "back to work" and is unable to cushion the impact of the coronavirus by April the "global ramifications will be enormous", according to Karen Ward, chief market strategist for EMEA at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

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