Before revision:  First, we collect a global dataset on internet searches indicative of economic anxieties. We find that the arrival of coronavirus in a country led to a substantial increase in such internet searches of up to 58 percent. 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.
After revision:  First, we collect a global dataset on internet searches and two representative surveys from the US , we document a rapid surge in economic anxieties after the arrival of the coronavirus in the US.