The Economy

[johnny.5]

could the U.K. economy bounce back quicker than all the doom mongers predict ?
a lot of people will have more money in their accounts after this lock down as they have not been able to spend it/waste it that there could be a spending spree and if we all try to buy local then economies could recover quicker . or am I just being over optimistic ?

[NickorWan]

Has anyone seen any estimates of what the effect on the economy would have been without lock down? I imagine some areas would still have been hit quite badly. The service industry particularly - I don’t know anyone that would be going to a restaurant, the cinema, etc. even if they were allowed to. If lock down was released tomorrow would you go back to life as normal with the virus still around?

[Gromit]

lankeela

No one is criticising the bail out.
No one can blame the Government for a virus.
There has arguably been some missteps in their response, but even that might be with hindsight.

But if we feel mistakes have been made, it is fair comment to talk about them.

[sevenOP]

Has the 'magic money tree printing press' got a virus ?