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Europe Markets: Gold rallies to record and euro tops $1.17 while European travel stocks slump on Spain quarantine

Passengers wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, arrive at Heathrow airport, west London, on July 10, 2020. daniel leal-olivas/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Gold surged to a record and the dollar weakened Monday while European travel stocks slumped. As U.S. lawmakers debate another round of stimulus and …

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Economic Preview: This week we’ll learn the size of the hole the U.S. economy fell into when COVID-19 struck

There are good economic reports, there are bad ones, and in some rate cases there are ugly ones. This week, we get ugly. We will find out how deep a hole the U.S. economy fell into in the second quarter this year when non-essential businesses closed down in many parts …

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NewsWatch: Fauci tells MarketWatch: ‘We should try as best as we possibly can to open up the schools’

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE ‘We are still in a pretty big first wave,’ says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the veteran epidemiologist. See full story. Elon Musk: ‘Another government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people’ The Tesla CEO said a second coronavirus aid package would be ‘jammed to …

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