Stocks fell on Wednesday in directionless trade, extending he previous day’s declines as rising COVID-19 infections momentarily upended expectations about growth. In Tuesday’s regular session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index lost ground, but the technology-laced Nasdaq bucked the trend by posting a marginal gain. The market […]
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Delta variant fueling national concerns but Utah economy still revving
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A growing number of economic red flags are appearing amid rising concerns that resurgent COVID-19 infection rates could lead to a secondary U.S. economic dip. Declining consumer sentiment, a freshly janky investment community and new rumblings of caution from fiscal policymakers may foreshadow some slowing of a recovery that’s been […]
‘Gains will be harder to come by’ for US economy hit by Delta variant: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, August 20, 2021 More signs of a summer swoon for economic growth On Thursday morning, we noted that challenges were emerging for the […]
Travelers Companies to delay return to office due to COVID delta variant
Travelers Companies has announced that it will delay its planned return of thousands of its workers to its offices in downtown Hartford, CT by a month. In July, the insurer first announced its plans for the return to occur in mid-September. Travelers also revealed that part of the return plan […]