Economic Risks Rise Chinese President Xi Jinping gives assurances that the coronavirus will be managed and that it will not hobble the economy, but finance officials elsewhere are amply worried. Agriculture is highly dependent on growing economies to expand demand at least fast enough to keep partial pace with higher productivity. The Chinese economy will clearly take a hit in first quarter 2020 and other economies already burdened by the trade war fallout face some drag from the coronavirus. Euro-area industrial output was down 2.1 percent in December, the sharpest fall in four years and some major components border on recession. The cornoavirus is expected to add a 0.1 to 0.2 percent decline in GDP growth this quarter.  Wall Street...

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