The scale of job losses and falls in incomes caused by coronavirus containment measures across the world – but particularly in the US and the Gulf – is likely to weigh heavily on remittance inflows into Asia. A drop in remittances would increase the risk of a protracted period of economic weakness for the Philippines, Cambodia and much of South Asia.
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