24% of world's large companies risk running out of cash

If sales drop 30% for the next 6 months, data shows

20200410 Data Watch

Financial markets have been jittering since the outbreak of the pandemic.

TSUKASA MORIKUNI, TOKIO MURAKAMI and KENTA SHINOZAKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/LONDON -- The coronavirus pandemic has battered the global economy, sending cash flows plunging and drying up liquidity for small and midsize enterprises. Now, large companies have been threatened with the same, making it imperative that governments step up support for these bedrock companies lest they suffer the same fate as their smaller counterparts.

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