A man walks by stores in Niles, Ill. The Commerce Department released data Thursday showing that second-quarter gross domestic product plunged by 9.5 percent, the fastest drop in modern record-keeping. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
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Fed survey finds widespread pessimism about economic future

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2020, file photo, store closing signs are shown on a Stein Mart store in Salt Lake City. The government issues the jobs report Friday, Sept. 4, for August at a time of continuing layoffs and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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US unemployment rate falls to 8.4% even as hiring slows

FILE - In this April 30 ,2020 file photo, a barber shop shows closed and hiring sign during the COVID-19 in Chicago. On Thursday, Aug. 27, 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. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
United States

More than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again

FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, a man writes information in front of Illinois Department of Employment Security in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
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Paradox of a pandemic: Many in US shoring up finances amid downturn

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Working from home raises questions about U.S. inequality: Fed panel

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, pictured in 2016, says his mother “found” the American dream. She died of COVID-19 in July. | Carlos Delgado/AP Images for Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau
United States

Alcalde de Long Beach honra el legado de mamá y padrastro después de perderlos por COVID-19

Governor Phil Murphy announces new funding to combat food insecurity in New Jersey with Senate President Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senator Vin Gopal, Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson, and Community FoodBank of New Jersey President & CEO Carlos Rodriguez on Thursday. July 9th, 2020 (Edwin J. Torres/Governor’s Office).
United States

Governor Murphy Announces the First Phase of the Small and Micro Business PPE Access Program

Acting Governor Oliver and Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli hold a coronavirus press conference at the New Jersey Regional Operations & Intelligence Center in Ewing on March 5, 2020 (Edwin J. Torres for Governor’s Office) | Phil Murphy (Flickr)
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New Jersey Department of Health Invests $32.3 Million in Local Public Health Efforts

U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, left, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin bump elbows after a hearing of the House of Representatives financial services committee in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis/Reuters)
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Decisive Week (Semana decisiva) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, takes a question during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Michael Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images
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Fourth Package (Cuarto Paquete) by Isaac Cohen (Opinion)

A woman shops at a Walmart Supercenter store in Rosemead, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images
United States

Hispanics’ Consumer Confidence Increases During Second Quarter of 2020 Despite Persistence of COVID-19

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