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Your Money: Why you might be afraid to spend your stimulus check
By Beth Pinsker NEW YORK (Reuters) - If you got your stimulus payment this week from the IRS and it is still in your account, are you afraid to spend it? Many recipients immediately deployed the money...
Apr 16, 2020
Fed’s Harker: U.S. economy should not rush to re-open, risk a new wave of infections
(Reuters) - Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said on Thursday that U.S. authorities should not rush to re-open the economy in order to avoid a potential second wave of corona...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. business formation tanks as coronavirus shuts economy
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Applications to start new U.S. businesses tumbled last week, the latest indication that stringent measures to control the spread of the novel coronavirus had b...
Apr 16, 2020
G20 chair Saudi Arabia pledges $500 million to combat coronavirus: statement
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the current G20 chair, said on Thursday it has pledged $500 million to support global efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and urged other countries and organisat...
Apr 16, 2020
Czech Senate grants central bank new powers, approves business relief against coronavirus
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Senate on Thursday granted the central bank powers to buy a wider scope of assets in markets and adopted other measures giving businesses and people some relief from restr...
Apr 16, 2020
U.S. stock funds see third inflow in a row, high yield corp bond funds see record-Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. stock mutual funds took in $8.8 billion in the latest week, marking the third inflow in three weeks, according to Lipper. U.S. taxable bond funds broke six weeks of outflows, taking i...
Apr 16, 2020
As economic pain deepens, protesters pushing back on U.S. stay-at-home orders
By Michael Martina and Joseph Ax DETROIT (Reuters) - As sweeping stay-at-home orders in 42 U.S. states to combat the coronavirus have shuttered businesses, disrupted lives and decimated the economy, p...
Apr 16, 2020
Exclusive: Ally of Mexico’s president, new oil regulator says Pemex joint ventures likely
By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The head of Mexico's powerful oil regulator said state oil firm Pemex could seek new joint venture partnerships soon, despite President Andres Manuel Lope...
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus set to usher in big changes at U.S. offices
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus may do to U.S. office rentals what e-commerce did to malls, or so goes a line of thinking running through commercial real estate circles. If ...
Apr 16, 2020
Senator Warren takes Treasury, Fed to task over ‘little oversight’ of stimulus programs
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren chastised the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department on Thursday over their rollout of massive stimulus programs designed to hel...
Apr 16, 2020
