Cities, states and Washington sought methods to mitigate the blow of the novel coronavirus as corporations shut, the European Union planned to shut its borders, and fears of a pandemic-induced recession saved marketplaces on edge.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is pitching Senate Republicans on a $1 trillion stimulus prepare that would include things like roughly $250 billion in immediate payments, in accordance to a White Property official. The Federal Reserve also took methods to avert even further strains in quick-expression industrial debt marketplaces. The moves…