U.S. Plans to Keep Markets Open as Virus Spreads, Mnuchin Says

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he’ll do everything he can to keep financial markets open as the coronavirus spreads, and that he’s in contact with the Federal Reserve about ensuring liquidity.

“We intend to keep the markets open -- that’s a sign of confidence for people,” Mnuchin said in a CNBC interview early Friday.

Mnuchin, who serves on the White House coronavirus task force, said he’s in “constant conversations” with Fed Chairman Jay Powell.

“There will be liquidity available -- whatever we need to do, whatever the Fed needs to do, whatever Congress needs to do, we will ...