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Private Payrolls Decline By 2.76 Million In May, ADP Says, A Much Smaller Drop Than Feared

The reported total was well below the 8.75 million estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The reason for the wi... Read more

GDP Is Now Projected To Fall Nearly 53% In The Second Quarter, According To A Fed Gauge

The GDPNow outlook is now showing a 52.8% tumble, following data that manufacturing remains firmly in decline and will w... Read more

Visa Sees A Pickup In Consumer Spending In May

Visa's total U.S. payments volume fell at a much slower pace in May from the previous month, indicating that consumer sp... Read more

U.S. Manufacturing Activity Pulls Off 11-year Low

U.S. manufacturing activity eased off an 11-year low in May, though the recovery from the Covid-19 crisis could take yea... Read more

Mortgage Demand From Homebuyers Shows Unexpectedly Strong And Quick Recovery, As Applications Spike 9% From A Year Ago

It's not as if the coronavirus pandemic has gone away, but after a sharp pullback, homebuyers are now piling back into t... Read more

Consumer Confidence Rises Unexpectedly In May As Economy Reopens

Consumer confidence unexpectedly improved in May as the U.S. economy slowly restarted, according to data from the Confer... Read more

New Home Sales Rose Slightly In April, Defying Expectations Of A Huge 22% Drop, As Prices Fall

In perhaps one of the brightest economic readings since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, sales of newly built home... Read more

Home Prices Gained Strength As Coronavirus Shut Down Economy In March, S&P Case-Shiller Says

Home prices were still gaining steam in March, as the country began shutting down in the face of the coronavirus pandemi... Read more

May Unemployment Looks Worse Than Expected, Signaling Another Bad Jobs Report Could Be Coming

So far, state reopenings have not helped stem the rise in unemployment, which is expected to show another big jump in th... Read more

Mitch McConnell Says Next Coronavirus Bill Will Not Extend Enhanced Unemployment Benefits

House Democrats passed a bill last week to extend the enhanced $600 per week unemployment benefit through January. Read more

Second Wave Of Coronavirus Infections Could Cause A Worse Economic Disaster, Experts Warn

States across the country began reopening parts of their economies as early as April 24. Guidelines for reopening differ... Read more

Home Sales Dropped Nearly 18% In April, While Decline In Inventory Pushed Prices To A Record High

The economic fallout from the coronavirus hit the housing market hard in April. Read more

More Than Half Of Small Businesses Are Looking To Have PPP Funds Forgiven, Survey Says

Frustrations are mounting on Main Street due to a lack of guidance from the Small Business Administration on PPP loan fo... Read more

Jobless Claims Total 2.4 Million, Still Elevated Levels But A Declining Pace From Previous Weeks

The total, while still well above anything the nation had seen in pre-coronavirus America, represents the seventh straig... Read more

Fed Minutes Show Fears Of 'extraordinary Amount Of Uncertainty And Considerable Risks' Because Of Coronavirus

The meeting, which ended April 29, concluded with the central bank's policymaking arm holding steady on interest rates a... Read more