When Sajid Javid resigned in a row with No. 10, there was much speculation about what would be in the coming Budget. No one, though, predicted that it would end up being overshadowed by coronavirus.
The short-term economic effects of this outbreak are almost unknowable. It is still hard to work out how serious it is going to be.
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