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Meet The People Trying To Seed A New Generation Of Black Farmers
Just 1.6 percent of Massachusetts farms are Black owned or operated. -
Payroll Tax Delay To Boost Take-Home Pay, But Don't Spend It Yet
President Trump wants to give a $100 billion boost to the U.S. economy by hitting the "pause" button on workers' payroll taxes. That would leave more… -
Long Road To Recovery: Hiring Slows In July, As U.S. Employers Add 1.8 Million Jobs
Updated at 8:45 a.m. ET U.S. employers added 1.8 million jobs last month, as the unemployment rate dipped to 10.2%. The pace of hiring slowed from June,… -
Pandemic? Summer Rentals Are Booming On The Cape And Islands
Even with some businesses faltering and unemployment claims high, the market for rental homes is hotter than ever. The pandemic seems to have spurred new interest. -
U.S. Economy On High Alert Over Shaky Future of Extra Jobless Benefits
As Congress debates whether to renew supplemental unemployment benefits for people thrown out of work by the pandemic, new research shows those benefits offer a critical boost for the U.S. economy. -
Why Are Stocks Rising As The Economy Hits Historic Lows?
Market strategist Art Hogan says the stock market is forward-looking and anticipates a brighter future. -
New Relief Fund Helps Musicians Survive Income Loss Through Pandemic
Musician Hazel Dean Davis says many musicians' incomes "dried up overnight", and that it will be difficult to get back. -
3 Months Of Hell: U.S. Economy's Worst Quarter Ever
The coronavirus triggered the sharpest economic contraction in modern history. The Commerce Department documents that damage on Thursday, when it releases its first estimate of second-quarter GDP. -
Fed Wrestles With Its Next Moves As Virus Stalls US Economy
No major changes are likely when the Fed releases a statement Wednesday after its two-day policy meeting ends. -
$600 A Week: Poverty Remedy Or Job Slayer?
The $600 weekly pandemic unemployment payments have single-handedly changed the economic equation in America as people earn more staying home than they did in the jobs they lost.
