Governments must coordinate stimulus efforts to fight coronavirus turmoil

Central banks alone cannot revive economic activity

20200319 Editorial Kuroda

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda speaks to the press in Tokyo on March 16. (Photo by Kai Fujii)

NIKKEI EDITORIAL

As the coronavirus outbreak spreads, central banks in key economies are stepping up efforts to tame the turmoil in financial markets and shore up the economy as a whole. The U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan were right to implement emergency measures to curb the crisis.

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