, Columnist
Trump Upends a Comforting Market Narrative
His illness undermines the notion that the pandemic is blowing itself out. That may hurt the economy, though it also bolsters the case for stimulus.
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After an abnormal weekend that the leader of the free world spent in hospital suffering from a dangerous virus, it is now time for markets to try to make sense of the whirl of unsettling developments. A number of imponderable questions still need to be answered: most importantly, how great will the impact of Covid-19 be on the president, and how many of his political allies will also fall ill?