Segments From This Episode

• Relief back-and-forth continues, but investors are now looking down the road at a new scenario: The rising possibility of a Democratic sweep in November

  Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says “this is about the speed of the recovery.” “If you have a unified Congress, then you could actually get some pretty significant programs passed, which could bring a faster recovery,” Coronado said.

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• Jaime Harrison raises record $57 million in S.C. Senate race against Graham

  by Sabri Ben-Achour, Jasmine Garsd and Alex Schroeder

  

  The explosion in Democratic donations has been connected to concern about the fate of the Supreme Court.

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• U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for auction theory work

  by Sabri Ben-Achour, Chris Farrell, Meredith Garretson Morbey and Erika Soderstrom

  

  The winning economists designed auctions that allow for multiple bids over a period of time.

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• Lourdes, dependent on pilgrims, sees economic downturn with pandemic

  by John Laurenson

  

  The pilgrims are only returning in small numbers compared with the 6 million a year who usually come.

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