Eddie Hobbs: Amidst Coronavirus fears it is clear Ireland playing national finance Jenga

The economic analysis of the potential impact of Covid 19 remains up in the air, combining the maths of infectious disease with speculation about the efficacy of health system responses.

The OECD has added to sounding the alarm. In line with general estimates of a temporary contraction in economic growth it thinks that -0.50% will be clipped off global growth for the year.