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Stretched government budgets could slow full COVID recovery - BoE's Tenreyro

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FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England interest rate-setter Silvana Tenreyro said the stretched budgets of governments around the world could hinder the full recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an online speech to the British Chamber of Commerce in Argentina on Wednesday, Tenreyro also said shifts towards working from home and online shopping might bring medium-term productivity gains but there would be a short-term shock for many people.

(Writing by William Schomberg, editing by David Milliken)