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A sign showing the national debt is displayed in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2019. The current figure is almost $26.5 trillion. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for PGPF
According to the International Monetary Fund, global fiscal support in response to the crisis will be more than $9 trillion, approximately 12 percent of the world’s GDP.