Shoppers wear face masks as they walk in New York's Herald Square on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday he will announce new restrictions on gatherings to halt the spread of the new coronavirus in the coming days, but he hopes to avoid closing all public events such as Broadway shows. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
March 12, 2020
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March 12, 2020 11:28 a.m.
Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard's president, a former president of the New York Federal Reserve and a renowned academic considered one of the world's authorities on the Great Depression.