Odey's Tim Bond: Coronavirus optimism is reminiscent of the Global Financial Crisis

Investors and policymakers not prepared for Covid-19 economic damage

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We have been here before. Just as economists failed to sufficiently downgrade forecasts on the eve of the Global Financial Crisis, they are making the same mistake with the coronavirus's impact on the Chinese economy and beyond.

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