Aug 6, 2020

The economy is sending us conflicting signs

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Trying to get a sense of how hiring and rehiring is going. Plus, tomorrow is the self-imposed deadline for a deal on more pandemic relief. How altered college sports schedules will affect small-town economies. Supply chains suffer in 2020.

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It appears the pace of rehiring has slowed quite dramatically

Diane Swonk, chief economist with tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, has more.

weekly jobless claims
unemployment benefits

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Congress, White House still cannot agree over extending federal payments for unemployment

Marketplace’s Nova Safo reports.

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Small towns brace for altered college football schedules

by Greg Echlin

Aug 6, 2020

Business owners in Maryville, Missouri, and Baldwin City, Kansas, say college athletics help their bottom lines.

A Northwest Missouri State University football game in 2019 with a large crowd of spectators.

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How much money are supply chain disruptions costing companies?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder

Aug 6, 2020

Cyberattacks, trade disputes, the coronavirus, natural disasters — it is exceedingly difficult to manage a complex web of business relationships

To make supply chains more resilient, companies can digitize them, hold more inventory and simplify product designs, says Susan Lund of McKinsey. Pictured: Items being transferred at an automated logistics center in Shandong in China's eastern Qingdao province.

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Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC

Daniel Shin Producer

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Brian Allison Engineer

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Rose Conlon Producer

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