Global leaders urge G20 to tackle twin health and economic crises Letter calls for $8bn emergency health fund to help prevent second wave of coronavirus
Sanctions are crippling Iran’s fight against coronavirus As mayor of Tehran I have seen lives lost as a result of medical shortages. This is no time for vindictive politics, says Pirouz Hanachi
Unemployment in US and UK ‘may be worse than in Great Depression’ Coronavirus fuelling faster collapse in jobs and business than 1930s, says ex-Bank of England rate-setter David Blanchflower
FTSE 100 posts largest quarterly fall since Black Monday aftermath Speed of US stock market fall outstrips even 1929 Wall Street crash, reflecting global scenario
The stock markets have rallied, so is peak panic over? In the past fortnight an optimism of sorts has returned but the rebound rests in part on some pretty heroic assumptions
Coronavirus epidemic ‘far from over’ in Asia-Pacific, WHO warns Every country needs to keep preparing for large-scale community transmission, says regional director
UN calls for $2.5tn emergency package for developing nations Rich countries urged to help emerging economies cope with coronavirus ‘financial tsunami’
Coronavirus forecast to cut UK economic output by 15% Analysts say unemployment could also double in deepest recession since financial crisis
Think when coronavirus is over Australia’s economy will snap back into place? Good luck with that When comparisons to the Great Depression start, you know you’re in trouble
Complacency to chaos: how Covid-19 sent the world’s markets into freefall Governments and investors woke up too late to the crisis. Now they are facing the deepest global recession in history
Dozens of poorer nations seek IMF help amid coronavirus crisis IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva says world has entered recession ‘as bad or worse’ than 2008-09
‘Hell is coming’: how Bill Ackman’s TV interview tanked the markets and made him $2.6bn US hedge fund manager’s doom-laden TV appearance about coronavirus crisis sparked frenzied selling
Africa won’t beat coronavirus on its own. The west must dig deep before it’s too late If developed nations don’t step in to help the continent now, the whole world will pay the price, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott
Western governments told to suspend debt interest amid Covid-19 IMF and World Bank asking countries to agree to requests for forbearance
Oil price may fall to $10 a barrel as world runs out of storage space Facilities thought to be 75% full with Saudi Arabia due to ramp up output as demand falters amid coronavirus shutdowns