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United States

Healthy US economy failed to narrow racial gaps in 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2020 file photo, the Wall St. street sign is framed by American flags flying outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are falling early on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 17, as the late selling from the previous day carries over. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Money

Soaring wealth during pandemic highlights rising inequality

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes off his face mask to testify during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
United States

Jerome Powell faces lawmakers’ skepticism on some Fed aid programs

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Leaders

Jane Fraser to become Citi CEO; 1st woman to lead major bank

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Money

Consumer prices up 0.4% in August as used car prices surge

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Money

US wholesale prices rise 0.3% in August as food costs drop

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)
United States

Fed survey finds widespread pessimism about economic future

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Entrepreneurs

Business owners tap into savings to withstand pandemic

FILE - In this March 24, 2020 file photo, a Chase bank employee, right, disinfects the branches ATMs to fend off coronavirus as a customer uses another in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Money

Bank profits slump 70% as virus rakes businesses, households

The head of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell. | Photo: AFP
Money

Fed: Rates to stay ultra-low even after inflation picks up

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)
United States

Paradox of a pandemic: Many in US shoring up finances amid downturn

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