Mnuchin says U.S. coronavirus aid bill cost should be significant, not huge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday the cost of the stimulus bill responding to the coronavirus crisis will likely be "significant but not huge."

Mnuchin told "Fox News Sunday" he expected to have a better idea of the legislation's price tag this week.

"It's hard to model some of these things because you don't know how many workers are going to be home. I want to be careful about throwing out numbers," he said. "I think based upon the numbers that we're going to see, it's going to have costs that are significant, but not huge."

He said it was necessary to get relief for the economy and that the government is focused on helping businesses that need liquidity.

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