ECONOMY

Economy

New Survey Shows Manufacturing Activity Slumped In March

11:49am April 01, 2020

New orders, production and employment were all down.These are just some of the ways the coronavirus pandemic and the government's effort to address it are slamming the brakes on the U.S. economy.

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Economy

Financial Strategies To Adopt During Uncertain Times

7:27am April 01, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michelle Singletary, who writes about personal finance for The Washington Post, about what people can do during the coronavirus outbreak to ensure more financial security.

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Drivers are paying less than $1.99 at more than two-thirds of the gas stations in the country, according to AAA.

Economy

Average Gas Prices Are Below $2. A Few Stations Are Even Selling For Under $1

8:07pm March 31, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

AAA says the national average is $1.997 per gallon and it's expected to drop further in the coming weeks. In a few places it's less than half that, but most Americans aren't driving much these days.

Unemployment Benefits Expanding To Include More Workers

4:40pm March 31, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

Many people have been laid off from work or seen drastic reductions in hours due to the coronavirus pandemic. That means a big uptick in unemployment claims.

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As efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic temporarily put millions of Americans out of work, forecasters are predicting a record slowdown in the U.S. economy.

Economy

Economy On Lockdown: Jobless Rate Could Be Highest Since WWII

3:48pm March 31, 2020

by Scott Horsley

As efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic temporarily put millions of Americans out of work, forecasters are predicting a record slowdown in the U.S. economy.

New York University (NYU) professor Paul Romer speaks at a news conference after being named a winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics with professor William D. Nordhaus of Yale University.

The Case For More Federal Action To Combat COVID-19

2:33pm March 31, 2020

by Greg Rosalsky

A Nobel prize-winning economist on what it might take to get our economy growing again.

I Relied On My Macy's Job To Pay My Bills, Furloughed Worker Says

6:23am March 31, 2020

Macy's is furloughing most of its tens-of-thousands of employees. Ro Worrall, a Macy's employee in Portland, Ore., for the past five years, is one of the workers laid off.

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Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic

5:06am March 31, 2020

by Danny Hajek

Nearly half of the 850,000 farmworkers in California are undocumented, and labor unions say sometimes they are denied sick leave. Undocumented workers are excluded from the coronavirus relief package.

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What Happened Today: Latest Briefing, Accessing Relief Package Benefits

9:49pm March 30, 2020

NPR science and economic correspondents answer questions about Monday's White House briefing and accessing benefits made available in the Congressional relief package signed into law on Friday.

The economic rescue package just passed by Congress will push this year's budget deficit above $3 trillion.

The U.S. Was Already Deep In Debt. This Year's Deficit Will Be 'Mind-Boggling'

8:11pm March 30, 2020

by Jim Zarroli

The economic rescue package just passed by Congress will push this year's budget deficit above $3 trillion. Such huge levels of deficit spending used to set off alarm bells in Washington, but no more.

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