Stock markets surge even as the U.S. braces for ‘hardest and saddest’ week

Posted on AllSides April 6th, 2020
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banking and finance, stock market, coronavirus, Dow Jones

U.S. and global stock markets soared Monday as investors took in overseas progress against the coronavirus, even as Americans have been warned that the coming week will be the “hardest and saddest” of the outbreak as infections near their peak.

South Korea is recording encouragingly low numbers of new cases, and China’s powerful economy is beginning to come back online. But U.S. losses are mounting, with deaths surpassing 9,500 over the weekend. There’s been an unprecedented flood of jobless claims — nearly 10 million in the past two weeks —...

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/06/stocks-markets-today-economy-coronavirus/

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