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Small Business Hiring Tempers as COVID-19 Cases Surge

There may not yet be a hiring recession happening again, but small businesses are tempering some of their hiring and rehiring as the new wave of COVID-19 cases increases the odds of another shutdown.

Jon C. Ogg · 6 years ago

These 4 Senators Have Almost No Chance of Losing

More than 30 U.S. Senate seats are being contested, but these four incumbents are so far ahead in the polls that they are almost certain to be reelected.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 6 years ago

These Are the States Ranked by Electoral Votes

The media is full of maps of the electoral landscape. Some of the states are considered safe for one candidate or the other, but the battleground states have a large number of electoral votes.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 6 years ago

Record-Breaking GDP Recovery Somehow Doesn’t Matter

The third-quarter GDP report could have been the biggest bit of good news this month. With a hotly contested election next week, and with the stimulus talks having died, this report seems to have…

Jon C. Ogg · 6 years ago

What, No Holiday Party This Year?

Holiday parties at three-quarters of U.S. companies have been canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Paul Ausick · 6 years ago

Fed Data Still Shows Weaker Growth in September

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago showed that September's economic activity growth rate did stay positive, but there was a significant slowing compared with August.

Jon C. Ogg · 6 years ago