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The Month Coronavirus Unraveled American Business | WSJ Documentary

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March 2020 began on a high note for American business and ended with the economy in tatters

This WSJ documentary goes behind-the-scenes to reveal how the coronavirus pandemic ripped through American business during the month of March 2020 -- told through the firsthand accounts of 12 prominent executives.

When the coronavirus tore through industry, commerce and society in March 2020, the U.S. economy came to a screeching halt. Top executives relive the tough decisions they made as they scrambled to weather the storm.

Photo Illustration: Adele Morgan/The Wall Street Journal

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20 Comments

@jamie6298 5 years ago

This felt like watching a movie, except for the fact that I experienced it first hand.

@mckenziemcmillan2324 4 years ago

It's wild watching this now 2 years later. As the world rebounds I think this is the first time I've had a chance to reflect on how absolutely unreal of a historic global event this was/is - its nuts

@Mynevertobehumbleopinion 5 years ago

March 2020. The longest 3 years in the history of humankind.

@boggsanonymous1787 5 years ago

You know what's kind of messed up all these Executives and CEOs talking about how much money they made this year for a company but yet jobs are still scarce at that time and a lot of them hardly paid a livable wage

@ptys. 5 years ago

Amazing watching a dramatic tale of historic events and realising... we are still in the middle of it.

@ruisen2000 5 years ago (edited)

"Hilton is going to zero"
Says Ackman while he was probably buying up all the shares at half price lol

@BehruzbekOtayev 5 years ago

Yet you forgot the most important thing: it ain't over yet.

@datguyoverdere6616 5 years ago

I hear alot of sucking up from the people who made cash and told everyone theres nothing to worry about, nobody is buying it

@JoseLopez-eo4ze 5 years ago

The worst part is that WSJ doesn't acknowledge that this was a long time coming. These businesses were over leveraged. If it wasn't a pandemic, something else was going to crash it.

@FinancialShinanigan 5 years ago

And most of the stocks have recovered but most Americans are in ruins

@baljeetbhachu4273 5 years ago

what is scary is how slowthese so-called "very smart people" reacted and cloud reality with statistics and financial concerns

@notnef 5 years ago

"This was the worst." I really hope she's right

@Mikestamper04 3 years ago

As we start to come out of this pandemic, let’s just remember that life is precious and to never take it for granted. Rip to all the people that loss there life’s to this horrible virus.

@stevemolloy2747 5 years ago

CEO said “The first thing we did was looked after our staff” 🤣

@danielni5356 5 years ago

Ackman was fearmongering on CNBC because he had a HUGE short position. He made BILLIONS off of the market crash and he knew his influence can swing the market to his benefit.

@TiTi-ww7xt 5 years ago

Thank you for making this educational video. Hope everyone who read this is safe and well.

@cosplaytimecapsule 5 years ago (edited)

They left out April thru December where 6 trillion was pumped in and all of this was covered up. They spent about 5 seconds showing how the market recovered and is back at all time highs.