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impact of the GCC. In addition, pandemics are likely to occur more frequently
in the future, given the trend in deforestation that destroys ecosystems within
which unknown viruses were previously enclosed. In contrast to the GFC which
was from the start a nancial crisis, the GCC started in the real economy, with
lockdowns generating output losses, hence a recession. The GCC was thus an
exogenous supply shock in the rst place.
Metrick (2020) distinguishes between the four phases of the crisis and the
policy responses associated with each phase: the Run (the initial liquidity shock),
the Rescue (the response of public authorities), the Recession (with additional
policy responses), and the Recovery. It i ...