New research finds a big rise in new businesses despite the pandemic, particularly in predominantly Black neighborhoods.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses had to close and unemployment skyrocketed. To help the unemployed, the CARES Act increased US unemployment benefit

The analysis, supported by Yale’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy, comes as Congress debates whether to extend the expanded unemployment benefits.

The New York State Budget for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021-22 totals an estimated $212 billion – the largest budget in State history, almost 10 percent greater than the prior year.

Personal income increased $4.21 trillion (21.1 percent) in March according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5). Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $4.18 trillion (23.6 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $616.0 billion (4.2 percent).

Pressures on global supply chains are increasing and disruptions are likely to only get worse as summer approaches and the economy booms.

We hear about trillions all the time now, but the number is beyond human comprehension.

Emerging markets are at risk of falling far behind their advanced counterparts. That’s the whole world’s problem, officials warned.