When can the U.S. go back to work?

It all depends on data that we don’t yet have.

Interviews with more than a dozen economists reveal widespread agreement that the U.S. needs more testing to determine how fast the virus is spreading and when it might be safe to return to work. Policymakers also need better data about how strained health care systems are likely to be if the infection rate flares.

Once such levels of detection are established, it’s possible that some could begin returning to work. Betsey Stevenson, a University of Michigan economist, warned, “It’s also quite likely that we will need to figure out how to reopen the economy with the virus remaining a threat.”

“The Daily”: Today’s episode is about job losses in the U.S.

Related: Global markets rose today as investors looked to signs that the outbreak is peaking in some of the world’s worst-hit places. Here are the latest updates.

Closer look: Young adults are facing what is, for most, the first serious economic crisis of their lives. By many measures, they are woefully unprepared. Going into the financial crisis of 2008, Generation X was roughly the same age, but had on average twice the total assets that millennials have now, according to an economic analysis prepared for The Times.

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