American life is shutting down
Siobhán O'Grady and Teo Armus
March 16, 2020 at 4:52 a.m. EDT
... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging a nationwide halt to gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks, citing the risk of the coronavirus.
Global markets fell sharply again, with U.S. stock futures down almost 5 percent Monday. This came despite the Federal Reserve’s emergency interest rate cut to zero on Sunday night.
Several major cities, including New York, have ordered schools, bars and restaurants to close in last-ditch efforts to stem the spread of the virus.
Retailers across the United States are closing their doors as authorities urge extreme social distancing, in a move that will inevitably dramatically disrupt the U.S. economy ...
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