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Every single second half guesstimate that you will hear over the coming days, weeks and month

will hinge on a very uncertain view of how long mitigation efforts will stay in place.

And any hopes for a sharp rebound will be shaped by how well a fiscal plan is executed and at the moment

there is no agreement in Washington. that will be the focus of this

program over the next couple of hours and joining us on the phone I'm pleased to say is

Peter Hooper Deutsche Bank Globalhead of Economic Research Peter first

question to you sir just how much damage is being done every day we go without a big package from Washington.

Good morning, John, Tom, Lisa. Delighted to be on.

Certainly the failure of Congress... John Tom Lisa delighted to be on.

Certainly the failure of Congress to agree on a package is problematic.

We've been expecting something from the Senate in the in by very early this week and this has to then make it

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