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A public health strategy to reopen the economy

Apr 6, 2020
A new report sheds light on what it will take to end the pandemic and the economic crisis it created.
Medical professionals work at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site run by George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC.
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Their restaurant closed because of COVID-19. For an undocumented family, savings is their only safety net.

Apr 6, 2020
For Marco Saavedra, his family, and millions like them, there will be no $1,200 coronavirus stimulus check and no small business disaster loan to help get them through the pandemic.
(Courtesy Marco Saavedra)

Stress tests for banks aren't designed for a downturn as severe as this one

Apr 6, 2020
Today's news is worse — and coming faster — than in the scenarios the central bank tests for.
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More companies suspending earnings guidance as economy tanks

Apr 6, 2020
Guidance is a way for a company to help others assess what its stock is worth, but right now, a lot of companies just don't know.
March 9, 2020, New York City.
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What's gonna happen to the consumer economy?

Apr 6, 2020
Consumer spending accounts for 70% of U.S. GDP. Is that going to change soon?
Consumer spending has carried a lot of weight in this economy for a long time.
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What happens when retailers stop paying rent?

Apr 6, 2020
Stores are closed. Sales have evaporated. A lot of retailers can’t pay their rent.
Urban Outfitters announced last week that it would stop paying rent at its stores during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The small business loan rollout wasn't so smooth

Apr 6, 2020
The Small Business Administration is guaranteeing paycheck protection loans. But applying for one of them hasn't been so simple.
"I'm just inclined to feel like a week wasn't enough to organize, you know, a $350 billion small loan program," one business owner said.
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Startups always face bankruptcy risk. COVID-19 has made things worse.

"Small companies and a lot of us are getting a lesson in, 'Risk is real,'" one business professor says.
Startups don't have the cash flow or credit lines to deal with crises like big companies do.
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Nashville musicians, recovering from tornadoes, face COVID-19 cancellations

Apr 6, 2020
Now that Nashville’s music industry has weathered a literal storm, they're facing tough times again with a stream of cancellations.
Popular live music venue The Basement East, in East Nashville, was severely damaged by a tornado on March 3, 2020.
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