Gov’t needs to step in to confine big hit to GDP to Q2

We now think that the economic effects of the coronavirus will result in GDP falling by around 15% q/q in Q2, that the Bank of England will soon launch £150bn of quantitative easing, and that the government will need to act as a backstop for banks and other sectors to prevent a deeper and longer-lasting recession.

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