White smoke from the European Commission in Brussels.
Before the virus struck, applications typically numbered around 225,000 a week before shooting up to 6.9 million in early spring.
Democrats and Republicans have hit a snag in their deal, disagreeing over a provision that aims to limit the Federal Reserve’s lending powers.
Nine months after the viral pandemic first paralyzed the economy, many employers are still slashing jobs.
It’s a sign Americans held back on spending during the start of the holiday shopping season.
A key holdup in talks has been the standoff over more money for the states and disagreement over liability protections.
The meeting of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration represented the next-to-last hurdle before the expected start of the biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history.
The 853,000 new applications are evidence that some companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral higher.
They’ve accused Facebook of abusing its market power to crush smaller competitors.
U.S. employers added a modest 245,000 jobs as the spread of coronavirus continues to intensify.
