Posts Tagged: US Economy
US Consumer Prices Increase More Than Expected in September; Weekly Jobless Claims Rise
US consumer prices increased more than expected in September and underlying inflation pressures continued to build up, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will deliver...
COVID-19 Crushes US Economy in Second Quarter; Rising Virus Cases Loom Over Recovery
The US economy suffered its biggest blow since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and...
Six US States See One-Day Records for COVID-19 Deaths
A half-dozen US states in the South and West reported one-day records for coronavirus deaths on Tuesday and cases in Texas passed the 400,000 mark as California health...
US Coronavirus Deaths Top 1,100 for a Third Day in a Row
The United States on Thursday recorded more than 1,100 deaths from COVID-19, marking the third straight day the nation passed that grim milestone as the...
US Divided Over Mask Wearing and Schools Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Surge
Divided Americans dug further into debates over mask mandates and schools reopening on Friday, with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of...
Florida Sets One-Day Record With Over 15,000 New COVID Cases, More Than Most Countries
Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours on Sunday, as the Trump administration renewed its push for schools...
US Sets One-Day Record With More Than 60,500 COVID Cases
More than 60,500 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the United States on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a one-day record as weary Americans were...
Seven US States Post Record COVID Cases, Curfew Ordered in Miami
Alabama and six other US states reported record increases in coronavirus cases on Friday as Florida's most populous county imposed a curfew ahead of the...
US Sets One-Day Record for COVID-19 Cases, Texas Pauses Reopening
The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state's reopening on Thursday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day...
New US COVID-19 Cases Surge 25% Last Week; Arizona, Florida and Texas Set Records
The United States saw a 25% increase in new cases of COVID-19 in the week ended June 21 compared to the previous seven days, with...
US Coronavirus Deaths Top 100,000 as Country Reopens
The novel coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday, even as the slowdown in deaths encouraged...
Americans Spend Holiday at Beaches and Parks as Virus Death Toll Nears 100,000
Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, even as the US death toll from COVID-19 fast approaches 100,000. The...
US Unemployment Rate Shatters Post-World War Two Record, Hitting 14.7 Percent
The US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet...
Researchers Double US COVID-19 Death Forecast, Citing Eased Restrictions
A newly-revised coronavirus mortality model predicts nearly 135,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 by early August, almost double previous projections, as social-distancing measures for quelling...
