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Samuel Corum/Getty Images President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with the heads of major banks Wednesday.
President Donald Trump is meeting with the heads of major banks Wednesday amid another sharp selloff in stocks and the declaration of the coronavirus as a pandemic.
Trump’s scheduled 3 p.m. Eastern meeting with the chief executives of Bank of America BAC, -4.64%, Citigroup C, -9.03%, Wells Fargo WFC, -7.53% and other institutions comes as the World Health Organization designated the global spread of COVID-19 a pandemic.
U.S. stocks extended losses, building on declines attributed partly to disappointment over prospects for a quick fiscal stimulus designed to cushion the U.S. economy from the outbreak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -6.15% traded below the bear-market threshold Wednesday afternoon.
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Trump’s meeting is closed to the media.
