Finance

“Take a really aggressive approach,” Ms. Beasley said, and direct all the savings to your emergency fund. Depending on your circumstances, you may consider temporarily reducing contributions to your retirement account and redirecting the money to an emergency fund. It’s common for people to contribute to workplace accounts like 401(k) plans yet lack emergency savings, […]

At some Guitar Center stores, employees are still allowing customers to try out models of guitars. Dillard’s, a department store chain popular in the South, is still welcoming shoppers looking for clothing and makeup. And Michaels, the arts and crafts chain, says it is keeping many of its stores open to provide supplies to parents

Shares of Ford Motor Co. shot up 34% over the past two days, closing Wednesday at $5.39 March 25, 2020, 8:49 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — The Latest on the action in the financial markets (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Shares of Ford Motor Co. shot up 34% over the past two days,

There is little doubt that economic data in the weeks to come will obliterate all modern records in their awfulness. One Federal Reserve official has said the unemployment rate could hit 30 percent, three times its level at the worst point of the 2008-2009 Great Recession. And he has suggested that G.D.P. could fall at

The White House and Senate leaders agreed early Wednesday on a $2 trillion economic rescue package, the largest in the country’s history March 25, 2020, 6:45 PM 5 min read The White House and Senate leaders agreed early Wednesday on a $2 trillion economic rescue package, the largest in the country’s history. The bill would

Trump Boasts About The Stock Market | HuffPost Part of HuffPost News. ©2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Huffington Post. Tap here to turn on desktop notifications to get the news sent straight to you. Trump Boasts About The Stock Market NOW PLAYING Both President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee bragged about the

DUFUR, Ore. — The social distancing rules repeated like a mantra in America’s urban centers, where the coronavirus is spreading exponentially, might seem silly in wide-open places where neighbors live far from each other and “working from home” means another day spent branding calves or driving a tractor alone through a field. But as the

After first downplaying the coronavirus crisis, right-wing media briefly began to take it seriously. But now that President Donald Trump has vowed to defy health officials and reopen businesses, his favorite pundits have settled on a new message: Let people die. Trump has suggested that he may lift lockdown measures and social distancing guidelines by

BRUSSELS — The European Union is taking unprecedented action to help member countries endure the massive economic shock of the virus outbreak, but some nations are resisting the idea of shared borrowing to cover the heavy costs – suggesting that even during this crisis there are limits to solidarity in a bloc that is trying

WASHINGTON — The White House and Senate leaders of both major political parties announced agreement early Wednesday on an unprecedented $2 trillion emergency bill to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. The urgently needed pandemic response measure is the largest economic rescue measure in history