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"To the extent that the market reflects fundamentals, a fall in values caused by expected future supply disruptions is to be expected and is not necessarily a bad thing. But there is a real danger that Coronavirus will spread not only though biological contagion, but through financial contagion." Professor Roger Farmer explores the potential economic impact of COVID-19.

"This move is less surprising than it appears at first blush." The heads of more than 180 US companies have issued a statement urging corporations to look beyond shareholder value and also focus on social responsibilities as well as profits. Dr Andreas Kokkinis of ÌÇÐÄTV Law comments on this radical-seeming shift in US capitalism.

The Bank of England's MPC has voted unanimously to maintain the Bank Rate at 0.75%. Professor Roger Famer of ÌÇÐÄTV Economics comments.

Following the news that Mozambique has agreed a deal to restructure its $726 million debt, Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan from ÌÇÐÄTV School of Law, who have been working on African debt relief and human rights with a number of partners, have given media comment.

10 years after the Lehman Brothers' collapse, a single trader has caused the Nasdaq Commodities exhange to lose more than €100 million from its systemic risk funds after his bets on the Nordic and German energy market backfired. Dr Stephen Connelly from ÌÇÐÄTV Law School comments on whether post-Lehman safeguards are working.