The consumer confidence index rebounded in August as inflation moderated and gas prices fell.

The December jobs report from payroll company ADP surpassed economists’ expectations.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell credits mass vaccination and relief bills.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says, ‘the recovery is far from complete.’

The country has 10 million fewer jobs than it did a year ago.

There are signs that the job market, for all its deep losses, might be set up for a fast hiring recovery.

The Republican senator from Maine complains about ‘a huge mistake,’ but doesn’t say who made it.

Trump recently declared that the economy had experienced ‘the greatest comeback in American history.’

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy doesn’t think the country needs more virus relief, even though more than 36 million Americans are out of work and experts predict the unemployment rate could surpass Great Depression levels.

‘I think certain parts of the economy will find it very difficult to have really a lot of activity,’ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Thursday the economy could be reopened in May.