Germany launches 750 billion euro package to fight coronavirus
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Monday agreed a package worth up to 750 billion euros (691 billion pounds) to mitigate the damage of the coronavirus outbreak on Europe's largest economy, with Berlin aiming to take on new debt for the first time since 2013.The federal government's supplementary budget of 156 billion euros, which will be financed with new borrowing, underlines Berlin's determination to use "all we have" to reduce the impact of coronavirus, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said."That's a..