COVID-19 will not just bring a health crisis, however, but an economic recession. Countries further along the pandemic curve are already experiencing immense economic fallout tackling COVID-19 and its impacts will require partners who can work across systems and sectors and in contexts that are both complex and uncertain. Markets have suffered routs unseen since the 2008 financial debacle, with investors rushing to the U.S. dollar as a safe haven. Tourism and airlines have been particularly battered. This is a moment that demands coordinated, decisive, and innovative policy action from the world’s leading economies. This begs the question of how COVID-19 will impact global economies and how are governments prepared?