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Concerns Swirl Over Economic Fallout From COVID-19, Oil Price Drop

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 sank 7% at Monday’s open, triggering a halt to trading for 15 minutes. There are a lot of concerns about the economic fallout from the coronavirus and a big drop in oil prices related to actions by Saudi Arabia over the weekend.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Derek Thompson (@DKThomp), senior editor at the Atlantic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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