US initial jobless claims blew past another record to reach 6.65 million, more than doubling last week’s level. With 37 million jobs potentially at risk in the US, we are likely to revise down our expectations for global growth further from our already bearish central projection of a 9% hit to economic activity from COVID-19 spread across Q1 and Q2…

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