'Everyone is guessing' about coronavirus economic impacts, say experts


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Men chat at a restaurant in Beijing's central business area, China January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee

BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The coronavirus that spread from a seafood market in Wuhan, China to infect tens of thousands has shuttered businesses, grounded flights and killed over 1,000 people so far, mostly in China.

As the world's second-largest economy struggles to get back to work after an extended Lunar New Year holiday, analysts and bankers have been revisiting their estimates of the economic impact of the virus.

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