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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 supercharged rebound that brings down unemployment, drives up wages and may foster years of stronger growth...

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...