Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is asking President Donald Trump for a federal disaster declaration for his state due to extensive destruction in the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. “We need ...
Andrew Kerr on July 6, 2020 The $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has supported more than 51 million jobs since its launch in April, the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration announced Monday as it ...
The U.S. economy posted another big economic record, creating 4.8 million jobs last month, the highest ever, easily blowing past economists’ forecasts of 2.9 million jobs for the month. The unemployment numbers came down further ...
In Texas, a group of bar owners is legally contesting the right of the state to shut down bars under the government’s newest order, accusing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of acting like a “king.” “The ...
In an interview with Scripps today, President Trump committed to another round of stimulus for the American economy. The president would not commit to a definite amount of stimulus, but said it would be “generous.” ...
The tenth-straight weekly decline in jobless claims punctuates a month that has seen signs that the economy has begun to rebound after a six-week coronavirus lockdown. “Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 355,000 to ...
The longest economic recovery in history ended in February 2020, according to a statement released by the National Bureau of Economic Research this week. “The committee has determined that a peak in monthly economic ...
The economy got two pieces of good news yesterday on the job front: ADP private job losses were much less than anticipated, and weekly jobless claims released by the Department of Labor (DOL) came in ...
Wall Street is breathing a sigh of relief after ADP, the largest private payroll provider said that 2.8 million jobs were lost last month versus estimates of 9 million losses. The discrepancy shows just how ...
Peter Hasson on May 29, 2020 Hundreds of businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, suffered damage in riots this week responding to the death of 46-year-old George Floyd. Former officer Derek Chauvin, who is shown ...