Is a payroll tax cut coming? A CDC budget meeting in the middle of COVID-19 response. How the virus outbreak may interfere with medical school clinical rotations.

Reviewing the Dow’s deepest plunge since the 2008 financial crisis. Economic advice for retiree investors. Life under Italy’s total COVID-19 lockdown.

What’s behind the latest financial market gyrations. A closer look at Italy, where citizens woke up to an entire country on lockdown.

A sharp dip in stock prices pauses trading for 15 minutes Monday morning. Government bonds in demand, pushing the 10-year interest rate to a new low. COVID-19 challenges for emerging markets.

Crude oil and U.S. futures plummet. The CDC has new guidelines for how to clean airplanes. And, with South by Southwest canceled, how Austin, Texas, businesses are responding.

Financial markets in fresh turmoil amid an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Some European markets are now set to enter a bear market at the close of trade.

February jobs report shows no signs of COVID-19. What a state of emergency declaration actually means. How the T-Mobile-Sprint merger could affect cheaper, prepaid phone plans.

The stock market is not getting better Friday morning. Seasonal fluctuations in hiring to start the year. What businesses are doing to prevent outbreaks and avoid legal liability.

Stocks are down yet again amid COVID-19 uncertainty. China prepares to release its latest trade figures. Ahead of International Women’s Day, why there are so few female central bankers.