Federal Reserve Policymakers See Slow Economic Growth Until Virus Contained August 13, 2020 By Jonnelle Marte and Howard Schneider The U.S. economic recovery will be slow until the coronavirus is under control, and Americans will have to manage life...
Fed Leaders Say Economy Needs More Federal Help and More People Wearing Masks August 4, 2020 By Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir The U.S. economy, battered by a resurgence in the spread of COVID-19, needs increased government spending to tide over households...
Concern Over Small Businesses Grows as Coronavirus Resurges, Federal Aid Expires July 27, 2020 By Howard Schneider The number of outright failures of U.S. small businesses in the first months of the coronavirus pandemic was comparatively modest,...
Emerging Mkt Infrastructure Projects to Bring Premiums of $50B in Next Decade: Sigma June 18, 2020 By L.S. Howard Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of growth in emerging markets after the...
Economy Will Need More Government Help to Recover, Says Fed Chair Powell May 18, 2020 The most important data for the U.S. economy right now are the “medical metrics” around the coronavirus pandemic, Federal Reserve...
States Under Pressure to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions as Unemployment Grows May 1, 2020 By Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani As White House economic reopening guidance expired on Thursday after two weeks in place, half of all U.S. states forged...
U.S. Economy Hit Hard in Q1 But Worse Contraction Still to Come April 29, 2020 By Lucia Mutikani The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter at its sharpest pace since the Great Recession as stringent measures to...
More White Collar Employees Starting to Face Pay Cuts, Layoffs April 20, 2020 By Christopher Rugaber First, it was bars, restaurants, hotels. And clothing stores, movie theaters, entertainment venues. And countless small businesses, from bookstores to...
Layoffs, Small Business Exits Likely Major Coronavirus Effects on Workers’ Comp: NCCI April 20, 2020 A new analysis of the economic effects of the coronavirus finds that while layoffs of workers will have the most...
Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 By John Kemp LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus...