A man pushes carts as a hiring sign shows at a Jewel Osco grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, April 23, 2020. Friday, Dec. 4, monthly U.S. jobs report will help answer a key question hanging over the economy: Just how much damage is being caused by the resurgent coronavirus, the resulting restrictions on businesses and the reluctance of consumers to shop, travel and dine out? (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
United States

Gripped by surging pandemic, US employers cut back on hiring

In this June 26, 2020, file photo, volunteers Juanita MacKenzie, front, and Dave Stutman carry boxes of food to a waiting car at a large mobile pantry set up by the Food Bank of the Rockies in the parking lot of Empower Field at Mile High in west Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Money

US jobless claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics

Biden predicts ‘bleak future’ if Congress doesn’t act on aid

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United States

Fed reports slowing US economic activity due to virus surge

People walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. Asian markets are mixed after the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 set another record. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Stock Market

World shares, futures lower after latest record S&P 500 high

Auto worker Imani Long assembles parts that will be welded by a robot for the Dodge Dart rear wheel house at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Warren Stamping Plant in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. | Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg Finance LP
United States

US factories grew more slowly last month; index dips to 57.5

In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, trader Ashley Lara uses her handheld device as she works on the trading floor, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Stock Market

Strong start to December as S&P 500 index sets another high

In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Politics

Biden names liberal econ team as pandemic threatens workers

A man looks at signs of a closed store due to COVID-19 in Niles, Ill., May 21, 2020. | Associated Press
United States

Picture of US economy is worrisome as virus inflicts damage

Aviation workers hold a protest organized by the Association of Flight Attendants outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images
United States

Relief (Alivio) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

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Construction

Nonresidential Construction Employment Expands in October, Says ABC

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