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S&P Trading Halts After Huge Drop And Fed Emergency Rate Cut

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) - Stock trading was halted Monday morning after the Federal Reserve's emergency action to slash its benchmark interest rate to nearly zero failed to quell Wall Street's fears of a recession that could emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Across the country, states and cities are closing schools, bars and restaurants in an effort to slow the disease but which leaves millions of Americans vulnerable to income losses.

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