Economy

Negotiations on a COVID-19 relief bill are inching forward, but it’s clear that the window for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress

As office workers continue to stay home during the pandemic, cities that were in the middle of bustling downtown comebacks are feeling a lot of uncertainty

Washington negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief bill have taken a modest step forward, though time is running out and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump’s most powerful Senate ally, is pressing the White House against going forward

Asian shares are mostly higher, cheered by gains on Wall Street as investors welcomed a batch of solid earnings reports from U.S. companies

A new study shows that older workers are facing higher unemployment than midcareer workers amid the coronavirus pandemic

Will this year’s presidential election impact your pocketbook? What will it mean for your long-term investments like your retirement? “The market is probably going to take a pause over the next few weeks and then we don’t know. We just don’t know what’s going to happen whether President Trump wins or whether former Vice President Biden wins,” Joel Johnson,...

Financial planners say the effect the outcome of the presidential election will have on the stock market is still unclear.

Despite the state shutting down earlier this year because of the pandemic, thousands of nonprofit employees continued to work and take care of children.

The number of Americans living in poverty grew by 8 million since May, according to a Columbia University study, which found an increase in poverty rates after early coronavirus relief ended without more to follow. Although the federal Cares Act, which gave Americans a one-time stimulus check of $1,200 and unemployed workers an extra $600 each week, was successful at offsetting…

About 8,000 people landed in Hawaii on the first day of a pre-travel testing program that allowed travelers to come to the islands without quarantining for two weeks if they could produce a negative coronavirus test

As small businesses continue to struggle through the pandemic, a new state grant program might bring them some relief. But it falls short of what advocates had hoped for. “I think it is survival mode,” said Bryce Hardy, owner of The Charles in Wethersfield. For most small businesses, it’s been that way for the entire pandemic. The Charles restaurant...

To help some small businesses, the state plans to launch a grant program next week for those with 20 employees or less. But that program is short of what a coalition of Connecticut business associations had hoped for.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 898,000, a historically high number that is evidence that layoffs remain a hindrance to the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession that erupted seven months ago

For shoppers who can’t part with Black Friday traditions, Walmart said Wednesday that it still plans to have in-store events featuring deep discounts.

East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc said the cuts involve 454 jobs in Connecticut – 381 at the East Hartford campus.

Food insecurity, job loss, virtual learning: it’s been a brutal couple of months in Connecticut and beyond. The coronavirus crisis is also taking a toll on nonprofits around our state. In June and July, 258 Connecticut nonprofits took a survey focusing on the challenges they face during the pandemic. The results were concerning. The Alliance, a group that represents nonprofits…

The Small Business Administration is working to make it easier for small businesses who received PPP forgivable loans to have that forgiven.

Local nonprofits are working hard to support those who need it the most during the pandemic.

Special Olympics Connecticut, like so many nonprofits dedicated to helping people socialize and come together, has found new challenges during the pandemic.

The White House is boosting its offer in up-and-down COVID-19 aid talks in hopes of an agreement before Election Day