NewsWatch: Powell expects ‘robust’ recovery once coronavirus is under control

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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday said there is every reason to expect a robust recovery once the coronavirus is under control See full story.

What the doctors and nurses who beat back the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, want you to know about their months in hell

What the world really needs to understand is that China’s “victory” over the coronavirus required massive sacrifices by doctors, nurses, and other health workers whose names we will never know. See full story.

‘I don’t think we should ever shake hands ever again,’ Fauci says

Could the coronavirus pandemic bring about the end of handshakes? You bet, if Dr. Anthony Fauci has anything to say about it. See full story.

The one big difference between Trump and Hoover

Herbert Hoover didn’t have the benefit of an expanding money supply, says Paul Brandus See full story.

Oil prices rise as key OPEC+ production conference gets under way

Oil futures climb on Thursday as investors awaited the outcome of a crucial meeting of OPEC and its allies that is expected to lead to an agreement to cut global crude production and end a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Support small businesses and food service workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Twitch CEO Emmett Shear. See full story.