Segments From This Episode

• Unemployment claims are heading in the wrong direction again after fresh layoffs

  The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of applications increased to 853,000 from 716,000 the previous week. Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton says “part of the increase we saw in the week ending Dec. 5 was due to a catch-up from Thanksgiving week, where we saw a bit of a slowdown. But the four-week moving trend is moving up and it’s moving in the wrong direction on both initial unemployment claims and those special pandemic insurance benefits that could expire Dec. 26.”

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• European Commission lays out measures to cope if Britain and the EU fail to agree on a trade deal by Dec. 31.

  The BBC’s Nick Beake reports.

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• Facebook case won’t be “open and shut,” former antitrust attorney says

  by David Brancaccio, Daniel Shin, Meredith Garretson Morbey and Erika Soderstrom

  

  Erik Gordon thinks we won’t see Facebook broken up and spun off into smaller separate companies.

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• How one health care system in Georgia is planning its COVID vaccine distribution

  by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin

  

  Georgia’s largest health care provider is looking at prioritizing ER and intensive care workers for vaccine distribution.

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