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Banks set aside billions, bracing for more economic pain

by AP Business Writer
| July 14, 2020 9:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — With tens of millions of Americans out of work and many businesses shut down or operating under restrictions due to the coronavirus, three of the nation's biggest banks set aside nearly $30 billion in the second quarter to cover potentially bad loans that were fine only a few months ago.

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