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Euro countries agree half trillion euros in support

by AP Business Writer
| April 9, 2020 3:27 PM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Governments from the 19 countries that use the euro overcame sharp differences to agree Thursday on measures that could provide more than a half-trillion euros ($550 billion) for companies, workers and health systems to cushion the economic impact of the virus outbreak.

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