U.S. businesses see big hit from coronavirus, Fed survey shows
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. businesses expect a "very large and very negative impact" from the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to slow its spread, according to a survey published on Monday by the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank.Quarter-ahead sales growth forecasts fell to below zero, from 5% last quarter, the Small Business Uncertainty survey showed, "the starkest swing" from one quarter to the next in the survey's six-year history, the Atlanta Fed said. Two-thirds of those responding in the..