US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says it's still necessary to keep a foot on the fiscal stimulus pedal, while over in Beijing fears of a second wave have spiked. To talk to us about what all this means for global markets, we reached out to Mizuho Bank's Head of Economics and Strategy, Vishnu Varathan.

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