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February 24, 2021 The U.S. economy remains mired in a pandemic winter of shuttered storefronts, high unemployment and sluggish job growth. But on Wall Street and in Washington, attention is shifting to an intriguing if indistinct prospect: a post-COVID boom. Forecasters have always expected the pandemic to be followed by a period of strong growth as businesses reopen and Americans resume their normal activities. But in recent weeks, economists have begun to talk of something stronger: a superch...

The US economy remains mired in a pandemic winter of shuttered storefronts and high unemployment. But on Wall Street and in Washington, attention is shifting to an intriguing prospect: a post-COVID boom.

Signs of economic life are picking up, and mounds of cash are waiting to be spent as the virus loosens its grip.

Stephanie May doesn’t believe in luck. Instead, she believes in hard work and perseverance.

With a new year and a new administration in the White House, the US central bank nonetheless faces an unprecedented challenge in guiding the post-pandemic economic recovery. One thing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is unlikely to face from President Joe Biden is the barrage of Twitter attacks he was subject to, sometimes daily, under former president Donald Trump. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki last week said Biden "clearly has a great...

U.S. employment fell by 140,000 in December as virus cases surged. Leisure and hospitality businesses were hit hard, but some industries showed growth.

If you’ve been following the latest financial news, it might look like the U.S.’s longest economic expansion ever is nearing its untimely end. Markets are in turmoil, Global Central Banks cutting interest rates, and officials are rushing to contain the spread of a deadly coronavirus that’s already infected more than 100,000 people. The yield on the 10-year Treasury plunged to its lowest ever. Meanwhile, global firms are having to alter their supply chains as quarantines shut down factorie...

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