February 12, 2020
What has been the impact of the coronavirus on the markets?
So, the impact of the virus has pretty much been felt in the global markets. We're now back up to around record territory, erasing most of the losses. Initially when US officials reported the second virus outbreak in the US, the markets fell. And in fact, the S&P fell the most in three months.
Did we see a similar reaction with SARS in the early 2000s?
So, in the early 2000s, a SARS outbreak actually hit the markets even more. We saw the S&P fall 13 percent based on the outbreak. But economists say it's really not an apples to apples comparison because at the time when SARS was happening, we were in a very different economic time.
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