Economic Indicators

The clock is ticking for both parties to meet their self-imposed Friday deadline to cut a deal on the next round of emergency aid.

Leisure and hospitality accounted for the bulk of the hiring, adding 592,000 new positions.

The Labor Department's July jobs report, released Friday, shed light on the labor market's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program will officially close to new applicants on Aug. 8.

President Trump has been considering taking executive action to provide coronavirus relief to Americans as Congress languishes in ongoing negotiations over their next stimulus package, and in a Thursday interview with Geraldo Rivera he revealed at least part of what that could entail.

The weekly jobless figures from the Labor Department shed light on the job markets' slow recovery from the pandemic.

The $670 billion rescue fund, created when Congress passed the CARES Act at the end of March, will officially expire on Saturday.

The employees who made the requests to company management were members of a task force commissioned to help find answers to the clothing giant's internal diversity problems.

The data is typically a good indicator of what to expect in the more closely watched jobs report from the Labor Department.

The $137 billion proposal would temporarily eliminate the $10,000 cap on the state and local tax deduction for 2020 and 2021.

President Trump said Tuesday that the economy will not shut down again to try to get the spread of coronavirus under control, despite tens of thousands of more confirmed cases everyday. 

A second wave of layoffs is currently hitting American workers amid a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide and a Congressional stalemate over new stimulus relief, according to a new survey by Cornell University and RIWI.

President Trump is not considering a national lockdown amid a flare-up in coronavirus cases countrywide, White House press secretary said Tuesday.

More than 125 companies that Chinese entities own or invest in received between $192 million to $419 million in government-backed aid.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari raised the possibility of a "hard" coronavirus lockdown on Sunday.

In a letter published Monday and addressed to congressional leaders, the CEOs warned that without additional relief, small businesses face potential financial ruin.

Parents who want more than remote instruction have been scrambling to hire tutors and private teachers.

Lumber consumption along Rhode Island's coast, as elsewhere in the U.S., has exceeded even optimistic forecasts, leaving home builders, retailers and craftspeople like Mr. Hendershot clamoring for wood.

Calculate how much money in unemployment aid you could receive under Senate Republicans' HEALS Act.

Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry as their next rent checks come due Aug. 1.