corona virus and for more on what this means for the global economy we are joined by bus co-host chrystia kristie. well even as the market continues it's been bad today jumping over 6 percent in the s. and p. fed chair drone policy said that the united states quote may well be in a recession but that the fed will take every action to support the economy when it reopens policy just before unemployment data was announced and as you mentioned sarah it showed a spike in claims to 3280000 as business slowed to a standstill in recent weeks so for reference a little artist number of new complain of benefits ever recorded in a single week prior to this year was only 695000 back in 1902 today's jobless claims number is almost double that of expectations of 1700000 increase with the service of being hit the hardest now despite the data markets surge for a 3rd day straight bring the dow up about 20 percent as optimism rises on the hope that the historic stimulus bill will pass by voice vote friday morning and people will start getting their relief checks in as early as in 3 weeks utilities and energy is whe