Regulation’s role in supporting the economy during Covid-19 – a global take

The global Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Economic health is not usually the remit of the regulators; in a true free market regulation can inhibit growth, as its primary function is to protect market participants and the end consumer. But the pandemic has created an abnormal economic environment and across the world governments and regulators have approached this problem differently.