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Restaurant in Austin, Texas. Photo: Dave Creaney/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesTexas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order for all bars to close by 12 p.m. today and that restaurants must decrease their capacity from 75% to 50% due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Why it matters: Abbott's orders could signal a beginning of second wave re-closures by states.What Abbott is saying: Go deeper: America's great economic reopening is hitting a major snag, just like the public health experts warned.Why it matters: Confirmed case counts are soaring to the point where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pausing the state's reopening and canceling elective surgeries to stockpile PPE.The coronavirus pandemic is getting dramatically worse in almost every corner of the U.S. The big picture: The U.S. today is getting closer to the worst-case scenario envisioned in the spring — a nationwide crisis, made worse by a vacuum of political leadership, threatening to overwhelm hospitals and spread out of control.Microbrews are providing us with macro clues about the state of the U.S. economy — and how confident Americans actually feel about reopening amid the pandemic.The big picture: The national trend shows that more watering holes are opening up, with 85% of locations open and pouring beer last weekend. And if the bars are open, it's a good sign that those communities have opened up, too.

Restaurant in Austin, Texas. Photo: Dave Creaney/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesTexas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order for all bars to close by 12 p.m. today and that restaurants must decrease their capacity from 75% to 50% due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Why it matters: Abbott's orders could signal a beginning of second wave re-closures by states.What Abbott is saying: Go deeper: America's great economic reopening is hitting a major snag, just like the public health experts warned.Why it matters: Confirmed case counts are soaring to the point where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott...

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