Keep Covid rescue programmes or risk triggering stock market crash, warns IMF

International Monetary Fund says there are concerns about share price bubbleGovernments and central banks must maintain their pandemic rescue programm

International Monetary Fund says there are concerns about share price bubble

Governments and central banks must maintain their pandemic rescue programmes or risk triggering a stock market crash, the International Monetary Fund has said.

Warning that there were legitimate concerns about a share price bubble, the Washington-based organisation said that without continued low interest rates and government subsidies it was possible a “correction” in stock markets would occur.