Economic Contagion Spreads Beyond China to Other Asian Economies: Reuters Poll

Economic Contagion Spreads Beyond China to Other Asian Economies: Reuters Poll
Workers wearing face masks rope a container ship at a port in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on Feb. 11, 2020. China Daily via Reuters
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The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reverberate beyond China as most major economies in the region are expected to either slow down significantly, halt or shrink outright in the current quarter, Reuters polls found.

Many Asian economies, which were just limping back to growth from the spillover effects of the 18-month long U.S.-China trade dispute, were again dealt a blow by the outbreak, which has shut down businesses and cities.