VAT and similar taxes could fall by up to 6.7 billion euro this year because of Covid-19.
If a vaccine is found in the coming months, the ESRI suggests household spending could fall by nearly 12 per cent.
But if a lockdown's reintroduced for 12 weeks from October, it says household spending would fall by 20 per cent.
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