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When will the economy return back to “normal”?

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 21, 2020
We may have some degree of economic normalcy by mid-summer, but full employment will likely take years, said experts.
People wearing protective masks walk by holiday windows in New York City.
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What's included in Congress' $900 billion COVID relief bill?

by David Brancaccio , Nancy Marshall-Genzer , Nova Safo , Rose Conlon , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Dec 21, 2020
The headline items are $600 checks to individuals and an additional $300 per week in unemployment benefits for many.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill on Dec. 20, 2020.
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Fast-Track Vaccines

As ultra-cold Pfizer vaccines ship out, dry ice supplies tighten in Northeast

by Scott Tong
Dec 21, 2020
The question is whether there’s enough dry ice to store and transport vaccine to neighborhoods and remote places.
A worker pours dry ice into boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as they are prepared to be shipped in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Dec. 13, 2020.
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Indonesia faces multiple challenges

by Victoria Craig
Dec 21, 2020
Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population, is awaiting emergency authorization for China's Sinovac vaccine.
Before inoculations begin in Indonesia, the country's food and drug regulator must first give approval to China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine.
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Will rock-bottom gas prices spur holiday travel despite pandemic?

by Justin Ho
Dec 21, 2020
AAA estimates that 34 million fewer people will travel Christmas week than last year at this time.
One industry analyst predicts that Christmas Day gas prices are likely to be at their lowest levels since 2015.
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Doctors are leaving medicine because of the pandemic

by Samantha Fields
Dec 18, 2020
Eight percent of doctors have closed their practices because of COVID-19, and a quarter are considering retiring early.
“It feels like the water I was swimming in has turned into molasses,” said one doctor of working during the pandemic.
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Property crimes are down since the pandemic began

by Jasmine Garsd
Dec 18, 2020
Crime rates usually go up when the economy is bad. But not when there's low inflation.
When things like food or gas get more expensive and people are out of work, there’s more crime. But right now? Inflation is low.
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Even with more stimulus, analysts forecast a slow economic recovery

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 17, 2020
COVID-19 is surging, layoffs are rising, consumers are hunkering down. Not a great place to be heading into 2021.
A closed bar in New York at the beginning of the pandemic.
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COVID & Unemployment

Unemployment claims up again, hitting nearly 900,000 last week

by Associated Press
Dec 17, 2020
Nine months after the viral pandemic first paralyzed the economy, many employers are still slashing jobs.
A diner sits closed in Brooklyn on Dec. 9 in New York City.
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Mall Santas are doing things a little differently this year

by Emily Siner
Dec 17, 2020
There are fewer lines, mandatory masks, socially distanced photo-ops and even video calls with Santa.
At the Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, no one sits on Santa Claus’ chair this year except the man himself.
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