we're back with brian sozzi, editor at large at yahoo! finance. he is here to talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the american economy. guest: thank you for having me. host: how does this $2 trillion stimulus package, how is it going to help our economy? what can we expect to see? there of bad to be news. all it does is club a whole in the u.s. economy. hole in the u.s. economy. you are going to see shocking economic data over the next few months where you might see upwards of a million jobs lost. the stimulus package is a big number. it just prevents a lot of companies from going bust and the stock market from coming under increasing pressure. a lot of the sources i talked to on wall street see this as a down payment for something intentionally larger in the second half of the year just to get the economy accelerated, getting things going well into 2021. host: you are seeing people on wall street and in the business community saying they are going to need another stimulus package just to get things back on track. this $2 trillion

we're back with brian sozzi, editor at large at yahoo! finance.how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the american economy. guest:

host: we're back with brian sozzi, editor at large at yahoo! finance.e is here to talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the american economy. guest: thank you for having me. host: how does this $2 trillion stimulus package, how is it going to help our economy? what can we expect to see? there of bad to be news. all it does is club a whole in the u.s. economy. hole in the u.s. economy. you are going to see shocking economic data over the next few months where you might see upwards of a million jobs lost. the stimulus package is a big number. it just prevents a lot of companies from going bust and the stock market from coming under increasing pressure. a lot of the sources i talked to on wall street see this as a down payment for something intentionally larger in the second half of the year just to get the economy accelerated, getting things going well into 2021. host: you are seeing people on wall street and in the business community saying they are going to need another stimulus package just to get things back on track. this $2 trillion i

. >> this morning, brian sozzi from yahoo! finance talks about the coronavirus' impacts on the economy. later, reporter nicole gaudiano iscusses how k-12 education being affected. join the conversation. "washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. welcome to "washington journal." the president has signed a roughly $2 trillion aid package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as a number of infections and deaths continue to increase in the united states. the house agree to the measure less than 48 hours after the senate's unanimous approval. and the president added a signature to what the "wall street journal" is calling the largest relief package in united states history. our question to you -- what do you think about the president signing a $2 trillion coronavirus a

host: we're back with brian sozzi, editor at large at yahoo! finance. he is here to talk about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting