White House: Very important to address unemployment insurance in coronavirus bill

"It is very important to address unemployment insurance, funds for schools in coronavirus relief bill," White House spokesperson said on Friday. 

"If later studies show that children are transmitting coronavirus they still should go back to school because they are less like to become severely ill," the spokesperson added.

Market reaction

Market participants seem to be paying no mind to these comments. As of writing, the US Dollar Index was down 0.38% on a daily basis at 94.42 and the S&P 500 Index was losing 0.75% at 3,211.