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

Published June 11, 2020 1:58pm ET



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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