After lengthy negotiations, Senate Republicans rolled out their plan for the next wave of coronavirus aid. Under it, supplemental unemployment payment would fall to $200 per week through September.
NPR’s Noel King speaks with Matt Desmond, founder of Princeton’s Eviction Lab, about the threat of a rising number of evictions nationwide as federal evictions relief draws to an end.
Millions of Americans who lost jobs during the pandemic are in danger of having their incomes cut for a second time. The sudden halt in payments would be felt in households and throughout the economy.
In their first face-to-face meeting since the pandemic began, European Union leaders hope to hammer out a 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and COVID-19 recovery plan.
Black-owned financial institutions are a shrinking part of the U.S. financial system. NPR’s podcast The Indicator from Planet Money looks at what that means for America’s racial disparities.
The government’s paycheck protection program was intended to help small businesses during the pandemic keep workers on staff. But a lot of the recipients weren’t exactly small businesses.
Restaurants, retail shops, and other service industries are starting to bounce back from the deep recession. But those gains could be jeopardized by a rise in new coronavirus infections.
After allowing bars to reopen, some states and counties are forcing them to close after COVID-19 cases surge. Bar owners are struggling to balance safety and health risks with economic realities.
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin about what the strong jobs report and rising coronavirus numbers might mean for the future of the U.S. economy.
Demand for plexiglass has skyrocketed due to the coronavirus as businesses worldwide install protective barriers.
Another 1.5 million people file for unemployment benefits for the first time, but the number who are continuing to seek the payments continues to decline as workers return to their jobs.
NPR’s daily economics podcast The Indicator from Planet Money investigates how the fees and fines that make up city budgets disproportionately target low-income communities and communities of color.
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