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| - We will move the following business and economics stories: + US-China trade truce at risk as virus hits world economy + Raging virus makes zero rates a possibility as Fed meets + Economic heavyweight Boeing hammered by several setbacks + Pandemic poses perfect storm scenario for Argentine debt + Unlike 2008, world's economic doctors squabble over cure + Virus credit crunch risks turning firms into zombie army + South Africa's mining, tourism brace for virus buffeting Health-virus-economy-China-US-trade,FOCUS BEIJING A hard-won trade war truce between the US and China is at risk as the coronavirus pandemic rocks the global economy, making it tough for Beijing to fulfill its commitments. 750 words by Beiyi Seow and Helen Roxburgh US-economy-rate-bank-health-virus,ADVANCER WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve will have one job next week: convince the world they are doing everything they can to blunt the coronavirus impact on the economy even if their tools aren't the best ones for the job. 750 words by Chris Stein Health-virus-US-economy-aviation-transport-Boeing,FOCUS NEW YORK Boeing lost $52 billion on the stock market in a week, a rout that underscores the challenges facing the aircraft manufacturer amid setbacks over the 737 MAX and the coronavirus pandemic. But Boeing remains a business behemoth key to the American economy. 600 words by Luc Olinga Health-virus-Argentina-economy-debt,FOCUS BUENOS AIRES In the midst of a delicate debt restructuring, Argentina is holding its breath as the coronavirus pandemic coupled with an oil price slump poses a perfect storm scenario for its economy. 750 words by Nina Negron. File picture Health-virus-epidemic-finance-rates-politics,ANALYSIS LONDON As the world fights to immunise global growth from the coronavirus pandemic the collective response to the global financial crisis in 2008 is so far lacking. 750 words by Jitendra Joshi Health-virus-banking-debt,FOCUS PARIS A decade of easy money sloshing around the economy may come to haunt policymakers as legions of firms hooked on cheap credit have no buffers to make it through the coronavirus crisis without serious damage, or outright failure. 750 words by Boris Cambreleng Health-virus-economy-mining-SAfrica,FOCUS JOHANNESBURG South Africa may still have relatively few confirmed coronavirus cases but the flailing economy's two major foreign exchange earners -- mining and tourism -- are bracing to take a hit. 650 words by Tanya Steenkamp. File picture afp
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