March 18, 2020
“Marriott International, the hotel operator, said Tuesday that it would begin furloughing tens of thousands of employees worldwide. Restaurants, coffee shops, gyms and other small businesses have begun laying off workers outright. On Monday, a flood of inquiries from newly… Continue Reading…
March 18, 2020
“The first, announced mid-morning, is intended to unclog a short-term lending market for what is known as “commercial paper.” Large businesses issue commercial paper, which is essentially the equivalent of an IOU, to raise cash to meet payrolls and cover… Continue Reading…
March 17, 2020
“In a mid-day announcement, the New York Fed said it willconduct a $500 billion repo operation this afternoon, another move targeted at keeping money flowing through the system. Repo involves banks putting up high-quality collateral like Treasurys in exchange for… Continue Reading…
March 13, 2020
“Stocks plummeted once again on Thursday after President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve both failed to quell concerns over the economic slowdown stemming from the coronavirus, leading to a historic drop for the U.S. markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2,352.60… Continue Reading…
March 12, 2020
“Everyone knows that living in California comes with a price: Its residents pay some of the nation’s highest taxes on the money they earn, the gas they pump and the clothes they wear. But for the moment, at least, it appears voters… Continue Reading…
March 12, 2020
“During the October-February period, the government spent a record $1,991,272,000,000 while it collected a record $1,366,750,000,000 in taxes… Thus, while running up records in taxing and spending for the first five months of the fiscal year, the federal government also… Continue Reading…
March 6, 2020
“The FRA/OIS spread, a U.S. money-market benchmark that measures the difference in rates between forward-rate agreements and overnight index swaps, soared to the highest level since the funding upheaval seen back in September. That may be an indication of growing… Continue Reading…
March 5, 2020
“Airlines could lose $63 billion to $113 billion in revenue for passenger traffic globally in 2020, depending on how the coronavirus spreads, International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. The last time the industry faced a revenue shock of… Continue Reading…
March 4, 2020
“U.S. companies kept adding jobs in February despite the coronavirus scare, as private payrolls expanded well above the pace that Wall Street had anticipated. Employment excluding government jobs rose by 183,000 for the month, according to a report Wednesday from… Continue Reading…
March 3, 2020
“The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared nearly 1,300 points, or 5%, Monday as stocks roared back from a seven-day rout on hopes that central banks will take action to shield the global economy from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.… Continue Reading…
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