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Coronavirus-induced recession way worse than 2008 financial crisis: IMF

More than 1 million people worldwide have been infected with Covid-19

Margin calls, leverage lower than 2008 amid steep stock market crash

Market participants attribute this to regulatory tightening and standardisation of margin requirements, stringent reporting for brokers, and segregation of client funds

Are we heading towards a global recession? Here's what top brokerages say

Analysts fear that the impact this time would be deeper than that of the 8-month long economic downturn in 2001 and the one in early 1990s

Policy after COVID-19

Globally, economic policy could soon be in uncharted territory

That 1970s feeling

Next global recession could be around the corner and it may look a lot different from those that began in 2001 and 2008

Coronavirus may shrink world economy, cause repeat of 2008 crisis: Report

The OECD said China's reduced production is hitting Asia particularly hard but also companies around the world that depend on its goods

Best of BS Opinion: Simplifying tax on capital, Trump economy, and more

From why life expectancy in the US has been declining to how an undefined constitutional clause has grown too big for the times, here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Revival lessons from 2008 stimulus

The persisting downturn is resulting in lower revenues and rising deficit, reducing the space for a fiscal stimulus

Tougher bank rules since 2008 have not stifled lending: G20 watchdog

Banks are the main source of funding for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), especially in Europe, and they have long warned that overly burdensome rules would crimp lending

J-Lo rules in Hustlers, a story of a stripper scam post the 2008 meltdown

Based on real events post the 2008 financial crisis, Hustlers is an out-and-out J-Lo film, writes Indira Kannan