By slimmest of margins, Senate takes up $1.9T relief bill The Senate has voted by the slimmest of margins to begin debating a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill By ALAN FRAM Associated Press March 5, 2021, 5:41 AM • 5 min read The Associated Press Vic...

US job growth likely rose in February in rebound from slump U.S. employers likely stepped up their hiring in February as confirmed viral cases declined, consumers spent big chunks of their government aid checks and the economy appeared to be sustaining...

Analysis: Child poverty a hidden focus of virus relief plan Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children should not grow up in poverty By JOSH BOAK Associated Press February 8, 2...

Powell: Higher inflation temporary, no rate hikes in sight Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says inflation will likely pick up in the coming months but the increase will be temporary, and won’t be enough for the Fed to alter its low-interest rate p...

EXPLAINER: Why rising rates are unsettling Wall Street Rising expectations for the economy and inflation have caused U.S. Treasury yields to spurt higher, with the jump unsettling stock markets By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers March 4, 20...

For the first time since COVID, profits are rising again Corporate profits' freefall because of the pandemic is over, at least for now By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer March 4, 2021, 2:10 PM • 3 min read NEW YORK -- The freefall for corporate profits b...

US jobless claims tick up to 745,000 as layoffs remain high The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged higher last week to 745,000, a sign that many employers continue to cut jobs despite a drop in confirmed viral infections and ev...

Hungary tightens pandemic restrictions amid rising deaths Authorities in Hungary are tightening pandemic restrictions in an effort to mitigate a rapid rise in deaths and hospitalizations caused by COVID-19 By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press March 4, 2021,...

OPEC cartel, allies face decision on increasing oil output Top oil producing countries Saudi Arabia and Russia have a tough call to make at an online meeting of oil cartel OPEC and its allies By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer March 4, 2021, 11:17 AM •...

US traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer March 4, 2021, 11:15 AM • 3 min read The Associated Press FIL...