A second vaccine submitted for approval

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• A second coronavirus vaccine gets submitted for FDA approval, but new coronavirus deaths are up 26% in two weeks

  Julia Coronado, founder and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives, says “the near term keeps getting darker even as the not-too-distant future keeps looking brighter.” That is, Thanksgiving gatherings could exacerbate the already-intense virus spread, which Coronado says may lead to more limitations and shutdowns that will hurt economic recovery. “Meanwhile, in just a few months, we can start to see the possibility of a widespread access to vaccines that could begin to get us back to more normal levels of activity,” she said.

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• The story of Black Friday during a pandemic? Foot traffic down by about half, online sales up by about 22%

  Marketplace’s Marielle Segarra has more.

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• Pandemic remittances have rebounded. Can that last?

  by Jasmine Garsd

  

  Immigrants from Mexico and the Dominican Republic have been sending more money home than they were before the pandemic.

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