EghtesadOnline: As the human costs of COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise, the virus is also taking its toll on the economy.

EghtesadOnline: In need of new sources of revenue to compensate for the budget deficit emanating from steep declines in oil exports and reduce the ballooning liquidity, the idea of taxing bank deposits has come to the fore again, raising the possibility that the government may introduce the scheme in the 2020-21 fiscal budget.