sending checks out in the next three weeks, but
the timing will depend on how quickly Congress
passes a relief plan.
Economists are forecasting that economic
growth will be negative in the upcoming April-
June quarter and the third quarter, but Mnuchin
said he was expecting growth to start to come
back in the third quarter and be followed by a
“gigantic” fourth quarter as the economy moves
past the virus threat.
“We are going to get through this,” Mnuchin
said. “We are going to destroy this virus and our
economy is going to come roaring back better
than ever.”