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Small businesses are barely hanging on

Small businesses are barely hanging on

Lawmakers have finally passed a $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package. When it comes to saving small businesses, will the aid be enough? We talk with some business owners who are barely getting by. Plus: the new economies of Canadian border towns, retailers' rush to staff up and a conversation with the president of the Dallas Fed.

Those medical supplies hospitals need? They're overseas.

Ventilators, masks, gloves and other supplies American hospitals need are produced in China, Italy, Malaysia and elsewhere. That puts the U.S. at a disadvantage in its fight against COVID-19. We'll look through the supply chain and potential solutions. Plus: the new lifestyles of working parents and the non-traditional workers being hit especially hard by this crisis.

Is this country ready for 2.5 million jobless claims in a week?

Tomorrow's first-time unemployment claim numbers are expected to be exponentially higher than a typical week, and many states have cut back on unemployment insurance in recent years. What about the people losing employer-sponsored health care? Today we'll do the numbers and check in on the status of the stimulus bill that could provide some relief. Plus: What a 90-day tariff deferral would do for the people paying (that's us).

What's the difference between being laid off and being furloughed?

When you're losing work because of COVID-19, it might not feel like there's much difference between getting laid off and furloughed. But it's an important distinction. We'll talk about it, plus the unemployment claim numbers coming this week, how the repo market works and the nationwide mask shortage.

Ben Bernanke on saving the American economy

Ben Bernanke on saving the American economy

When you're staring down a financial crisis, you want to talk to someone who's been there before. So today we called up Ben Bernanke, who's both a scholar of the Great Depression and ran the Federal Reserve during the Great Recession. He says fiscal policy is going to have to "get its act together." Plus: what an economic "restart" looks like, how small businesses in China are still under pressure and encrypted social platforms' struggle to fight COVID-19 misinformation.

How will we know when the coronavirus crisis is over?

We have pretty good, near-real-time data on the COVID-19 virus, the number of new cases, tests and so on (you can find daily updates on our website). But the economic impact? Not so much. Today, we'll tell you what to keep an eye on. Plus: A few stories from a tidal wave of layoffs, and is Boeing too big to fail?

Even traders are working from home because of COVID-19

Even traders are working from home because of COVID-19

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is usually full of people, but on Monday it will move to electronic trading only to combat coronavirus. Today, we talk about how that will work and ask Nasdaq President and CEO Adena Friedman why markets are still open at all. Plus, the state of mental health benefits, economic impacts of the 1918 Spanish flu and a conversation with "World War Z" author Max Brooks.

How work has changed under COVID-19

How work has changed under COVID-19

In just a few weeks, coronavirus has completely reshaped the way Americans are working. Today, we're looking at the layoffs, the newly housebound office workers and the folks who still have to go out and risk spreading the virus, sometimes for minimum wage. Plus, more listener questions, like: What's the difference between a recession and a depression? And can't the Fed just pay for a stimulus?

What a coronavirus recession would look like

What a coronavirus recession would look like

President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that the economy may be headed toward a recession. Is that just due to the coronavirus, or is it the recession economists have been predicting for years? Today we talk a bit about the difference and what's on the horizon. Plus: remote education in the digital divide, Americans stocking up, and why stocks are up.

What happens to the economy when COVID-19 throws on the brakes?

We're answering more of your questions about the coronavirus pandemic today. Starting with: What exactly did the Fed do this weekend, and what would happen to the global economy if activity in the U.S. shut down? Plus, how China's 270 million students are learning at home, what's changing for supply chains along the border, and why working from home is great for hackers. Of course, we'll also talk about stocks, which had their biggest single-day drop of the crisis so far.

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