As contas públicas tiveram saldo negativo em fevereiro. De acordo com dados divulgados hoje (31) pelo Banco Central (BC), o setor público consolidado, formado por União, estados e municípios, registrou déficit primário de R$ 20,901 bilhões no mês passado. Em fevereiro de 2019 o resultado negativo foi menor: R$ 14,931 bilhões. O déficit de fevereiro […]
O Indicador de Incerteza da Economia, medido pela Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), subiu 52 pontos de fevereiro para março e atingiu 167,1 pontos, em uma escala de zero a 200 pontos. Com essa que foi a maior alta da série histórica, iniciada em 2000, o indicador também atingiu o maior nível da série. De acordo com o […]
A taxa de desocupação interrompeu a sequência de dois trimestres seguidos de queda significativa e subiu para 11,6% no trimestre encerrado em fevereiro. Ao todo, são 12,3 milhões de desempregados no Brasil. Os dados estão na Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios Contínua (PNAD Contínua), divulgada hoje (31) pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística […]
A wall of plastic trash at Garten Services in Salem, Ore., is headed to the landfill. The vast majority of plastic can't be or won't be recycled. Laura Sullivan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR A wall of plastic trash at Garten Services in Salem, Ore., is headed to the landfill. The vast majority of…
HONG KONG—The chairman of Huawei Technologies Co. warned the U.S. to expect countermeasures from the Chinese government if it further restricts the technology giant’s access to suppliers, as the company’s profit last year grew at the slowest pace in three years. Eric Xu, Huawei’s chairman, said he believes Beijing would respond with restrictions of its…
A visitor looks down an empty hallway at The Fashion Mall at Keystone, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Indianapolis. Simon Property Group, the largest owner of shopping malls in the nation, is closing all of its malls and retail properties because of the coronavirus outbreak.Darron Cummings | APThe biggest U.S. mall owner, Simon Property Group,…
Miami's multifamily market may soon see rent hikes. Here's why - Miami Herald
On Tuesday, Taco Bell is giving away one free Doritos Locos Tacos to anyone who goes to its drive-thrus.In a press release, Taco Bell CEO Mark King described the giveaway as "a small way for us to say thank you for the ways you're showing up for your communities and our chance to give you…
On a mid-March midnight shift, one of Kristy Granados’s co-workers coughed and said he felt nauseated. As he took a break, workers at the Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Charlotte, N.C., shared worries that they could catch the coronavirus, Ms. Granados said. Most didn’t have masks or supplies to disinfect workstations, even as cleaning products streamed…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday the opening of a new repurchase agreement, or repo, facility aimed at supplying foreign central banks with US dollars. The pool will allow monetary authorities abroad to swap US government bonds for dollars. Global demand for the US currency has soared as the coronavirus drives investors to…
Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier - KOMO News
March 31, 2020 | 10:40am | Updated March 31, 2020 | 12:04pm Enlarge Image A Florida woman uses her computer to fill out an application for unemployment benefits after being laid off. Getty Images The St. Louis district of the Federal Reserve is predicting the worst of the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak will…
1,100 crew members still stuck on cruise ship weeks after docking in Charleston - Belleville News-Democrat
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Goldman Sachs has revised its view on how the coronavirus will impact the U.S. economy, seeing a sharper downturn than originally thought followed by an even bigger upturn.Among its expectations are that the unemployment rate will peak at around 15% later this year, well above original expectations for 9%. Gross domestic product is forecast to…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stock markets slid on Tuesday as investors continued to assess the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the MSCI benchmark of world equities on pace to finish its worst quarter since the financial crisis of 2008. Stocks have rallied since the start of last week but remain down more…
A measure of U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply in March as people grapple with the global coronavirus outbreak. The Conference Board said Tuesday its consumer confidence index dropped to 120 this month from 132.6 in February. To be sure, the print was better than the 110 number economists polled by Dow Jones expected."Consumer confidence declined sharply in…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Taco Bell is giving away free Doritos Locos Tacos today — but only if you order through the drive-thru.On March 31, participating Taco Bell locations across the country will be taking part in a million-taco giveaway (at least 1 million,…
On the last day of an unforgettable quarter, better-than-expected factory data from China (even if some are a bit skeptical about that) is not doing much to help the early part of the U.S. session as coronavirus worries continue to haunt investors. Down near 22, the Dow industrials DJIA, +0.26% is set for its biggest…
Thanks to a reader for sending: “Walked by Brooks Brothers today at 31st and M St. NW and the store was empty; the sign was removed as well. Front door was open and you could see all the mannequins had been left.” Another reader confirms: “Like many retailers the staff were let go, however they…