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How the Government Pulls Coronavirus Relief Money Out of Thin Air

Even so, the growing comfort with the Treasury Department’s relying on the Fed to buy its bonds — and help finance large deficits — is an important shift in the…

April 15, 2020

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With Stock-exchange Floor Closed, Traders and Investors Grapple With Uncertainty

“Most of the traders are just tending to computers, and they can do that from anywhere,” said James Angel, associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School…

April 8, 2020

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Should the Financial Markets Close? Georgetown Center Hosts Expert Panel on Market Value Amid COVID-19 Crisis

The continued spread of COVID-19 throughout the world has posed serious uncertainty and volatility in global financial markets in recent weeks, prompting debate about whether…

April 6, 2020

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We’re at War and Need Wartime Institutions to Keep Our Economy Producing What’s Necessary

An op-ed by Robert Hockett, visiting professor of finance: "There can be no question about the nation’s current predicament. We are at war. We are faced with a public health…

April 4, 2020

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How Coronavirus Affects Upcoming IPOs in 2020

As investors have seen their portfolios plummet, their focus has been on trying to maintain the value of what they own rather than taking on the new risk that investing in IPOs…

April 3, 2020

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Conditions for Companies That Get Virus Aid: Room for Abuse?

“On paper, it looks like we learned the lessons,” said James Angel, an associate professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. “But the…

March 30, 2020

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Venture Capital-Backed Start-Ups Fear They Won’t Get Relief From Small Business Stimulus

Reena Aggarwal, vice provost and finance professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, said the way the bill is written, most start-ups are considered affiliates of…

March 27, 2020

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In a First, NYSE Will Close its Trading Floor and Conduct Remote Trading Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

"Their orders are getting executed electronically," said Reena Aggarwal, professor of finance and director of the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and.…

March 22, 2020

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The Benefits of Being on the Trading Floor

The roughly 400 traders that mill around on the NYSE trading floor have certain advantages, according to Georgetown finance professor James.…

March 19, 2020

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Will Coronavirus Cause a Global Recession? We Still Don’t Know.

“It’s a potential threat to the global economy as it goes on longer,” Rohan Williamson, a professor of finance at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business,…

March 9, 2020