US stimulus package could be first of many throughout crisis - reaction

Investors look to US lockdown measures

Mike Sheen
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The unprecedented $2trn emergency stimulus package agreed by the US Congress last night to fight the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic may be the first of a number of such packages, industry experts have suggested, while the length of ongoing quarantine measures in the world’s largest economy is set to be the key factor in recovery.

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