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U.S. stock index futures fell as President Trumps speech failed to assuage investors concerns of the novel coronavirus derailing global growth, Bloomberg reports.
March contracts on the S&P 500 Index were down 0.4% as of 9:19 a.m. in Tokyo, after slumping as much as 1%, as the president held a press conference to update the country on the administrations response to the growing crisis. The underlying index is mired in a five-day losing streak that wiped out more than $2 trillion in value from American equities.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/26/stock-market-futures-drop-after-trump-press-conference/
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Watched the Dotard's briefing....
Now watching Rachel Maddow and the expert she has on explain that 2% death rate is 10 times what the Seasonal Flu rate is....
The transmission rate is 2-3 times what the seasonal flu is...
There is no vaccine....
We don't have tests or testing taking place....
He said that 2% of Billions of humans on the planet is a very very big number of dead people.
But hey - Donald J. Trump the stable genius said everything is fine and 2% death rate isn't high....
OMFG
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He always knows just what to do to heal the nation.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)The Prez and his staff contradicting each other in the same press conference is a bit much to take.
2naSalit
(86,579 posts)Maybe this will sink him?
central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Its the failing, low-ratings network like CNN and MSNBC that are blowing it out of proportion and causing the Wall St. panic. Theres no problem and the do nothing Democrats arent acting.
Only an idiot wouldnt see that those remarks are self-contradictory. Oh, wait....
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,340 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,340 posts)C'mon stroke, do your job!
budkin
(6,703 posts)The stock market is in great shape. MAGAAAAAAAAA!