The Treasury Department has confirmed that economic impact paper checks from the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus relief package have already started going out and are in the mail. Department officials are walking back Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s comments at a White House gaggle with reporters where he
Confidence We’re now talking about the process for re-opening businesses across the U.S. economy. But it would be a mistake to assume that the sooner the economy is open, the sooner we’ll get back the strong economy the coronavirus left behind. Because while monetary and fiscal stimulus have
Mohamed El-Erian said Monday the U.S. economy could experience a double-digit percentage contraction in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. “I think we may be at minus 10% to minus 14% growth for the U.S.,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I’m a little bit more
The spectacular collapse in oil markets is showing no signs of easing, as the coronavirus crisis saps demand and producers run out of places to store all their excess barrels of crude. What’s happening: US oil prices plunged, falling below $0 Monday to $-37.63 a barrel. That’s
Oil prices plunged to a record low and into negative territory on Monday as uncertainty mounted about storage for excess supply. WTI crude oil futures expiring in May plunged 321%, to -$40.32 a barrel, while Brent crude slid 9.5%, to $25.41 at intrasession lows. The coronavirus pandemic has
U.S. crude oil prices dropped by almost 300 percent to turn negative for the first time as plunging demand pushed storage facilities to their limits. May delivery for the U.S. benchmark crude, West Texas Intermediate, sank to a new low of minus $37.63 a barrel
For decades, oil bears have made grand claims about oil prices crashing to $1. It was never really a claim that industry professionals would take seriously, with most observers viewing it either as fear-mongering or hyperbole. On Monday the 20th of April 2020, WTI front-month
The front-month WTI crude contract crashed by 37 percent early on Monday as the May contract expires on Tuesday and the market fears there is not much storage left in the United States amid collapsing demand in the coronavirus pandemic. At 8:54 a.m. EDT on