The central bank can calm liquidity issues, but its market intervention most likely won’t extend to the most risky assets.
Investors should maintain caution instead of rushing back into risk.
Corporate bankruptcies would worsen the economic downturn, but the mechanics and politics of relief are complex.
The coronavirus shock brings with it a growing list of uncertainties that may transform the financial landscape.
The U.S. is making progress, but it can’t avert a sharp recession.
Lagarde has an opportunity to set her own path for Europe's central bank and break with past inertia.
Governments and central banks can do only so much.
There are too many long-term uncertainties about demand and supply chains.
They are embracing a V recovery in a still highly uncertain world.
Governments appear reluctant to pick up where central banks leave off.