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Shutting stock exchanges isn’t the way to restore confidence

The extra stimulus and measures to ease strains in the financial system announced by central banks over the weekend have failed to prevent stock markets from tumbling again today, as concerns mount about the economic consequences of a global “lock down” to combat coronavirus.

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