Before revision:  Second,  to understand how information about the coronavirus drives economic anxieties, we conduct a survey experiment in a representative sample of the US population .
After revision:  Second, leveraging two US representative survey experiments conducted in early and mid-March 2020, we document a rapid surge in economic anxieties after the arrival of the coronavirus in the US. Third, to understand how information about the coronavirus drives economic anxieties, we conduct a survey experiment in a representative sample of the US population .