How to spot if the COVID-19 crisis has left a scar

Even though we don’t expect there to be much, if any, long-term economic scarring from the COVID-19 crisis, a surge in the number of businesses going insolvent, a jump in the long-term unemployment rate or a sustained sharp drop in the number of businesses being created could all be signs that the COVID-19 wound is starting to scar.

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