Coronavirus outbreak could impact US GDP in Q1: WH economic adviser

'We're thinking maybe in the first quarter we lose ... two or three tenths of one percent of GDP,' he said

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Reuters Washington
1 min read Last Updated : Feb 15 2020 | 10:33 AM IST

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday the coronavirus outbreak in China could "maybe" knock two- to three-tenths of a percent off US GDP in the first quarter.

"We're thinking maybe in the first quarter we lose ... two or three tenths of one percent of GDP," the National Economic Council director said in an interview on Fox Business Network.

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First Published: Feb 15 2020 | 8:09 AM IST

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