Investors have been counting on the next installment of the coronavirus relief package as daily Covid-19 related deaths rise, new states impose business restrictions, and increased layoffs weigh on the nascent economic recovery. Hopes of a quick turnaround were dashed after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday raised the possibility of stimulus negotiations dragging on through Christmas, Reuters reports. “Investors are wondering what is it that Congress needs to hear before they decide to act … their focus is more on politics than it is on the American economy,” CFRA Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall told Reuters. “The economy is not getting stronger and it needs at least a short-term shot in the arm.”