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Are consumers ready to spend their way out of the COVID-19 downturn?

Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

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London | Paradoxically, living through a pandemic lockdown is both isolating yet also a deeply shared experience.

Most lockdown veterans enjoy sharing memes and memories of the Zoom fiascos (“you’re still on mute, Graham”); the desperate exercise remedies; the new hobbies; the home-schooling horrors; or the masks (finding one you can live with; frowning at others who don’t seem to think their nostrils are part of their face).

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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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