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‘We can’t shut down the economy again’: Mnuchin pledges different response to second virus wave

By Nihal Krishan
Published June 11, 2020 1:58pm ET
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‘We can’t shut down the economy again’: Mnuchin pledges different response to second virus wave
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that cities and states should not be shut down again if there is a second wave of the coronavirus, citing the economic damages that would be involved. “We can’t shut down the economy again,” he said on CNBC. “You create more damage, not just economic damage. There are other […]

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that cities and states should not be shut down again if there is a second wave of the coronavirus, citing the economic damages that would be involved.

“We can’t shut down the economy again,” he said on CNBC.

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