Neil McDonnell: Extent of Covid economic scarring remains unknown

It is only as trade in the long-shuttered sectors of society recommences that we will get a feel for how bad the post-pandemic economic scarring is going to be, writes Neil McDonnell

While the Government has, arguably, mismanaged the reopening of the economy in moving too slowly, it has balanced this with one of the best-executed vaccination strategies in the world

We look with cautious optimism towards September 20, when almost all our economy will reopen.

It is only as trade in the long-shuttered sectors of society recommences that we will get a feel for how bad the post-pandemic economic scarring is going to be.