Dr. Ben Bernanke Weighs in on Economic Recovery from an “Outside Shock”

“This is a very unusual recession,” Dr. Ben Bernanke, who served as Federal Reserve chair during the previous downturn, said on a recent webinar hosted by Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI). Instead of the recession originating from inside the economy, this one resulted from an “outside shock”: the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to control the spread of the virus.