Economy

“We’re seeing the alarming cost of the lockdown,” Zanny Minton Beddoes said.

Don’t expect an immediate economic rebound, Patrick Harker says.

Nobel laureate and NYU professor Paul Romer says there’s a path forward that limits the spread of the virus while letting most people get back to work over time.

Relaxing restrictions might make the economic contraction less severe, but not by much, economists say. And we’d see an escalation in infections.

The urgently needed pandemic response measure is the largest economic rescue measure in history.

Sales have dropped by as much as 85%.

The White House says lowering the cost of health care, especially prescription drugs, will be a key theme of the President’s address. What else?

It could mean the economy’s hot and stuff is flying off the shelf. Or it could mean spending is down.

In December, wage gains slowed from earlier in 2019, with average hourly earnings up 2.9% year over year.

The economy looks good on paper, but there’s little the Federal Reserve can do to address economic inequality.