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Most advanced economies will escape long-term economic damage as a result of the pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. Emerging economies, however, will find it trickier to manage the fallout from Covid-19. The IMF said its projections – which represent a notable improvement on earlier forecasts from January – show that “a way out of this health and economic crisis is increasingly visible”.
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