Global markets, Wall Street drag out week-long free fall as coronavirus crisis worsens Global markets, Wall Street drag out week-long free fall as coronavirus crisis worsens
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Coronavirus panic tightened its grip on global markets Friday as the escalating outbreak drove stocks to their worst weekly loss since the 2008 financial crisis and prompted the Federal Reserve to take the unusual step of issuing a statement to reassure Americans.