Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Coronavirus Surprises Keep Getting Nastier, Costlier

Even markets are starting to wake up.

February 24, 2020 at 9:42 PM UTC

Mark Gongloff is a Bloomberg Opinion editor and columnist covering climate change. He previously worked for Fortune.com, the Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

TFW the Dow falls 1,000 points.
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Just a couple of weeks ago, this newsletter said that the coronavirus kept finding ways to surprise and that markets weren’t taking it seriously enough. Well, surprise! They’re taking it seriously now.