COVID-19
Life on a Block With an Emergency Morgue Truck: ‘We Hear the Hum of the Refrigerator Going All Night Long’
On a block in Brooklyn sits a refrigerated morgue truck. Marc Kozlow walks his dog, Hank, past it. He hears the refrigerator at night. He watches the bodies being loaded and unloaded. “Prepare for this,” he said.
03.30.20 | 5:50 pm
We’re About To Get A Ton Of New Economic Data
03.30.20 | 2:13 pm
In times of crisis, the kind of economic data that is ordinarily only of interest to economists and finance pros draws more attention from the rest of us as we look for signs of what is going on, and what is to come. Last week’s jobless claims number, the highest in United States history, was a sobering look at what is in store economically.
This week we’ll get another round of jobless claims numbers, along with looks at manufacturing and service jobs that will help us understand the velocity and depth of the economic crisis we are facing.
