Nearly 90% of U.S. companies plan to encourage or require employees to get vaccinated; 65% plan to offer incentives.
But it could take more than a year to get back to pre-pandemic levels.
Restaurants need a good estimate of demand to confidently plan their reopenings. But will office workers and tourists return?
True, the economy was in good shape before COVID-19. But it wasn’t working for many.
Economists expect the U.S. to surpass the GDP we’d have seen if COVID-19 hadn’t happened. But many still wait for jobs to come back.
It’s labor intensive, and caregiver wages are most of the cost. Still, workers, mostly women of color, make “near-poverty wages.”
Vivian Gueler of Pacific Trust Group says demand for housing in Los Angeles is outpacing supply, thanks largely to low interest rates.
A Baltimore church that worked against Black homeownership is now investing in it.
A listener writes: “If you make the minimum wage $15/hour, it’s not enough in New York and it’s way too much in Peoria. Would it be possible to tie the minimum wage to the cost of living?”
Applications for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant reopened on Monday after a failed launch earlier this month.
