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Trump Hopes to Open U.S. Economy by Easter
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Business leaders in the U.S. are getting impatient with the national economic shutdown caused by coronavirus and are increasingly echoing President Donald Trump, who says he doesn’t want “the cure to be worse than the problem.”

Trump, who spoke to several billionaire hedge fund and private equity managers on Tuesday about reopening the U.S. economy, said on Fox News that he hopes to get the economy opening up by Easter, April 12.