U.S. to provide record $2 trillion stimulus for virus-hit economy

President Donald Trump on Friday signed into a law a $2 trillion relief package, the largest in U.S. history, to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic through direct cash payments to households and assistance to battered industries.The $2.2 trillion stimulus amounts to roughly 10 percent of the gross domestic product of the world's largest economy, which experts say has already fallen into a recession as economic activities are grinding to halt in an effort to slow the spread of the virus."This will deliver urgently needed relief to our nation's families, workers and busi…READ FULL ARTICLE