A woman walks past a personal finance loan office Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Franklin, Tenn. U.S. consumers cut back on their borrowing in August, with credit card use dropping for a sixth straight month, reflecting caution in the midst of the pandemic-triggered recession. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Money

US consumer borrowing fell by $7.2 billion in August

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2019, file photo, clothes dryers, top, are stacked on top of washing machines at a Home Depot store location, in Boston. Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods increased a weak 0.4% in August following a much larger July gain. The Commerce Department reported Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 that the August advance marked the fourth consecutive increase but was far lower than the 11.7% surge seen in July. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Money

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods ticks up just 0.4%

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, workers are shown at an Apple manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
Companies

Survey: US factories grow in August for third straight month

In this Jan. 27, 2020 file photo a worker pushes a cart past refrigerators at a Home Depot store location in Boston. On Thursday, June 25, orders to American factories for big-ticket goods rebounded last month from a disastrous May as the U.S. economy began to slowly reopen. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Money

Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, students wear masks on campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. As more and more schools and businesses around the country get the OK to reopen, some college towns are moving in the opposite direction because of too much partying and too many COVID-19 infections among students. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
Education

College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students

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Construction

US Construction Spending Declines 0.7% in June, Department of Commerce said

Prospective home buyers arrive with a realtor to a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois. PHOTO: Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Real Estate

US existing home sales plunge 17.8% in April

Donald Trump and Barack Obama met in the Oval Office on nov. 10. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Politics

Leaders ‘aren’t even pretending to be in charge’: Barack Obama

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