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The Economic Impact Of Ebola

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World leaders meet about the impact of the Ebola crisis, during the IMF  World Bank 2014 Annual Meetings on October 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
World leaders meet about the impact of the Ebola crisis, during the IMF World Bank 2014 Annual Meetings on October 9, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

The World Bank estimates Ebola could drain $32.6 billion from the global economy by the end of 2015 if "the epidemic spreads into neighboring countries" beyond Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Here & Now's Sacha Pfeiffer takes a look at the economic impact of Ebola with Mike Regan of Bloomberg News.

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This segment aired on October 17, 2014.

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