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Small Businesses Start To Get Rescue Funds, But Payouts Overall Are Lagging

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"We have mostly undisbursed loans at this time" said Tony Wilkinson, president of the National Association of Guaranteed... Read more

JPMorgan Chase To Raise Mortgage Borrowing Standards As Economic Outlook Darkens

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JPMorgan Chase, the country's largest lender by assets, is raising borrowing standards this week for most new home loans... Read more

Fed's Neel Kashkari Says Coronavirus Economic Recovery 'could Be A Long, Hard Road'

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Kashkari's comments came days after the Labor Department reported that another 6.6 million Americans filed first-time un... Read more

Coronavirus Lockdown Likely To Adversely Impact Titan's FY21 Revenue

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Growth in the segment, which accounts for over 80 per cent of the consolidated sales, was robust in January and February... Read more

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says US Could Be Open For Business In May

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he believed it was possible that the U.S. could open back up next month, fol... Read more

'I Feel Better' — Cramer Praises Fed's $2.3 Trillion In Loans To Help Businesses And Governments

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"This is what is needed because we've got to fight off a depression," CNBC's Jim Cramer said. Read more

5 Million More Unemployment Claims Expected, But Layoffs Are Now Broader And Could Be More Permanent

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The new claims for weekly unemployment benefits could bring the number of Americans filing to more than 15 million in th... Read more

Jobs May Not Come Totally Back For Years, All Depending On How Small Businesses Weather This Storm

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By some estimates, it will take until 2023 or even longer to bring the labor market back to where it was just week ago i... Read more

US Services Sector Growth Slows Down In March, ISM Says

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Activity in the U.S. services sector slowed down in March as business grapple with the coronavirus outbreak, data releas... Read more

US Jobless Claims Could Soon Exceed 8 Million, Economist Projects

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The number of weekly unemployment claims filed in the U.S. could soon exceed 8 million as the fallout from widespread sh... Read more

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says He's Having Ongoing Discussions About Infrastructure

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The Treasury secretary told CNBC he is holding discussions with Congress about a potential infrastructure bill. Read more

March's ISM Manufacturing Index Is 49.1, Signaling Contraction As Coronavirus Hits Economy

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U.S. manufacturing activity contracted in March as the coronavirus outbreak continues to pressure the economy, data rele... Read more

Coronavirus Stimulus Just Pushed Fed's Balance Sheet Past $5 Trillion For The First Time Ever

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Though its efforts to keep markets running and boost the economy are just getting into gear, the Federal Reserve's asset... Read more

IMF Chief Georgieva Says The World Is In A Recession, Containment Will Dictate Strength Of Recovery

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International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday that the global economy is now in a recession thanks ... Read more

US Consumer Sentiment Falls To Lowest Level In More Than 3 Years

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U.S. consumer sentiment fell to a three-year low as the coronavirus outbreak takes a toll on the economy, according to d... Read more

Tudor Jones Says DC Coronavirus Aid Is Biggest Fiscal-monetary 'bazooka' Ever, More Like 'nuclear Bomb'

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"We did in two weeks what it took the Fed eight months to do in 2009," hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones told CNBC. Read more

Jerome Powell's Message To Americans: 'The Federal Reserve Is Working Hard To Support You'

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is trying to reassure Americans about this unprecedented financial crisis ignited... Read more

Bernanke Says Fed Chief Powell 'got Ahead Of This,' And 'going Big' Was Right Thing To Do

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Bernanke told CNBC the Federal Reserve acted with appropriate force. Read more

What Do Lower Oil Prices Mean For Credit Ratings?

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Following the disagreement over production cuts between OPEC and other oil producers, which led to a broader collapse ... Read more

Fed's Bullard: Coronavirus Shutdown Is Not A Recession But An Investment In Survival

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Shutdown measures must be coupled with massive federal government support to sustain the population through isolation an... Read more