
652. The Rick Thompson Report: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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We're Going to Throw Money at This, Our Money
It's looking like the financial crisis we had 10 years ago. 12 billion pounds, 5 billion to support the National Health Service and 7 billion sport businesses that might be suffering immediately. That's a thousand million pounds. And it's the same kind of amount as they used to bail out the banks in 2008. One difference is the interest rates are now at the bottom. So if the government is going to borrow money on the markets, then this is as good a time to do it as any.
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