Covid-19: S&P forecasts income loss for Asia-Pac at US$620b


Workers wearing face masks remove barriers on a street in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as the city has started to loosen its lockdown, in Hubei province, China March 21,2020. Picture taken March 21,2020. China Daily via REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: S&P Global Ratings updated its estimates of the total and permanent income loss for Asia-Pacific from Covid-19 at about US$620bil.

It said on Monday this loss would be distributed across sovereign, bank, corporate, and household balance sheets.

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