Frightened workers stay away from factory floors, hitting output
Philippe Petitcolin has had a hard time getting workers back on the factory floor.
Treasury lines up bankers to handle coronavirus business loans
The Treasury Department has retained several Wall Street banks to assist with loans to three industries during the coronavirus crisis.
BEA news: US international trade in goods and services, February 2020
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today: The U.S. monthly international trade deficit decreased in February 2020 according…
Manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders in February
New orders for manufactured goods in February decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $497.4 billion.
US trade deficit narrowed to a three-tear low in February
The U.S. trade deficit shrank in February to the smallest in more than three years as imports declined more than exports ahead of the hit…
Food security fears are starting to threaten Asian rice exports
Panic buying at supermarkets and hoarding have raised fears over food supplies, and governments for their part are acutely aware that keeping everyone fed at…
Trump set to announce deferral for some tariff payments
President Donald Trump approved a proposal pushed for by some businesses to delay payment of certain tariffs by three months, according to people familiar with…
Australia to charter planes full of lobster, beef to key markets
Australia’s government will help charter hundreds of planes full of products such as rock lobster, beef and dairy to key markets including China and Japan,…
The return of the barter economy, swapping eggs for toilet paper
Since the beginning of March, unattended folding tables have begun popping up at intersections and the end of people’s driveways, offering everyday goods like rice,…
Not made in China is global tech’s next big trend
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