Mnuchin says he thinks US businesses could reopen in May

The Hill logoTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that he thought the United States could reopen the economy during the month of May. 

“I do,” Mnuchin told CNBC host Jim Cramer in a phone interview on Thursday morning in response to a direct question about whether the country could be “open for business” in the month of May.

“I think as soon as the president feels comfortable with the medical issues, we are making everything necessary that American companies and American workers can be open for business and that they have the liquidity to operate their business in the interim,” Mnuchin continued. Continue reading.