Covid 19 financial effects By MGGG Dec 8, 2019 Wuhan’s First Case Dec 30, 2019 WHO informed Jan 11, 2020 First death reported Jan 13, 2020 First case outside of China Jan 20, 2020 Virus spread to US Jan 23, 2020 Lockdown begins in Wuhan Jan 30, 2020 US restrict entry Feb 23, 2020 Major surge of cases in Italy, lockdown starts Feb 29, 2020 First death in US, heavier travel restrictions are imposed Mar 9, 2020 Black Monday Mar 11, 2020 COVID-19 announced as a pandemic Mar 12, 2020 Start of a bear market Mar 13, 2020 Trump demands FED to lower interest rates Mar 13, 2020 Biggest one day lost since the biggest one day loss since the 1987 black monday crash. Mar 15, 2020 FED Lowers Interest Rate to Near-Zero Apr 14, 2020 IMF declares the G7 countries in a state of “deep recession” and compares the 2020 recession to Great Depression Jun 30, 2020 Dow Jones is at 25,812.88, up from 21,917.16 at the end of March Jul 1, 2020 Nasdaq also hits a record high