[10/8/20]Stocks ended higher Thursday as Wall Street parsed mixed signals about a stimulus package from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump.
Pelosi told Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin she wouldn't agree to a stand-alone relief bill for airlines without a guarantee they would address a more comprehensive package.
“They just want money for the president to spend money on who knows what?” Pelosi said at a news conference Thursday. “There is no stand-alone bill without a bigger bill.”
Meanwhile, Trump, who recently told his staff to halt the stimulus talks till after the election, said Thursday that negotiators were making headway.
“I shut down talks two days ago because they...
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