Chief financial officers (CFOs) taking part in The CFO Survey by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta are “reasonably optimistic about 2021,” one of the study’s leaders said in a news release. Get the Full Story...
In a video posted on President Donald Trump’s Twitter account Tuesday (Dec. 22), Trump said the recently-passed stimulus act is a “disgrace,” as he wanted more money in direct payments for Americans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
After what has been several months of debate, negotiation, sabre rattling and compromise, the United States Congress has finally passed a second round of stimulus, making it in under the wire before legislators left D.C. for their holiday break. And those funds, it seems, are...
Despite the pandemic, U.S. stock sales soared to $435 billion in 2020, surpassing the previous record of $279 billion in 2014. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
An update to the U.S. government’s economic report boosted its earlier estimates of growth up by a bit. The economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew by about one-third in the third quarter of 2020. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC on Monday (Dec. 21) that Americans should see $600 individual stimulus checks as soon as next week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Facing a hard holiday deadline and the threat of a federal government shutdown, House and Senate negotiators were able to accomplish in six days what they had been unable to do for more than six months: reach a compromise on a COVID-19 stimulus package that...
Logic-defying though it might be, it seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has found a way to get just a little bit worse as 2020 is coming to an end. Reports out of the U.K. indicate a new strain of the virus has emerged in parts...
Independent restaurants that have staggered through the pandemic are running out of time, raising the specter of a wave closings in the next few months, the Wall Street Journal reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
