What regulators came up with when they met about market volatility

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• A January jobs gain of 49,000 is at least a step in the right direction, but the story hasn't changed: COVID and efforts to contain it are hitting the economy hard

  Christopher Low, chief economist at FHN Financial, said it’s clear the economy “hit a wall late last year,” and that’s continued into the beginning of 2021. And although the Department of Labor reported a sizeable drop in the unemployment rate, down to 6.3%, that’s not the full story, Low said. “Unfortunately, 400,000 people became discouraged and stopped looking for work. So if you’re not looking, you don’t count as unemployed. But if those people were included in the number, it would have been 6.6%, which is still much too high.”

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• Top financial regulators, Yellen believe the market's "core infrastructure was resilient" during high-volatility trading of GameStop, other stocks

  Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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• For Super Bowl LV ads, some brands take the bench, others ready for debut

  by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom

  

  Super Bowl regular Budweiser will skip the big day. Companies like Robinhood and DoorDash want to boost brand awareness.

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