WATCH: Trump attacks Biden over plans for coronavirus, economy
President Donald Trump used a Labor Day news conference from the White House to criticise his presidential election opponent, Joe Biden, over his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. unemployment rate falls to 8.4 percent even as hiring slows
Employers added 1.4 million jobs, the Labor Department said, down from 1.7 million in July.
More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again
Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of the economy rebound from a springtime collapse.
Powell edges toward loosening the Fed’s stance on inflation
In a sign of how vastly the U.S. economic landscape has changed, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell may be on the verge of sending a new message this week: That the Fed plans to leave its key rate pinned near…
President Donald Trump greeted the Democratic presidential ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris this past week with a litany of distortion and falsehoods, raging against cases of voting fraud where they didn’t exist and declining to quash conspiracy theories…
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany will give a news briefing Monday after President Donald Trump signed executive orders on COVID-19 economic relief.
President Trump's executive orders to create more unemployment pay may force states to contribute additional funding.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.2 million laid-off Americans applied for state unemployment benefits last week, evidence that the coronavirus keeps forcing companies to slash jobs just as a critical $600 weekly federal jobless payment has expired. The Labor Department’s report…
As the emergency $600-per-week unemployment benefit expired on July 31, officials expressed optimism for another relief package. The bill, being negotiated right now, would be the fifth since the pandemic hit and likely the last before the November elections. Diane…
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