The recent slump in equity prices is not necessarily a forerunner of a collapse in economic activity. However, the impact of previous episodes of asset price weakness has typically been mitigated by a substantial loosening of monetary and/or fiscal policy. Neither option is readily available this time in most advanced economies, which therefore face several years of sluggish growth at best.
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