US economy

A guide to the Democrats' package of recovery measures to help Americans struggling in the pandemic.

A compromise over unemployment benefit sets the $1.9tn stimulus bill on its path to a final vote.

US employers added 379,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said in its monthly jobs report.

The coronavirus aid bill passes despite total Republican opposition, but must now go to the Senate.

Child poverty in the US "is an emergency and not a temporary one" advocates say.

The US economy added just 49,000 jobs in January, with the hospitality sector still shedding workers.

But the 3.5% fall in 2020 still marked the sharpest contraction since the 1940s, the US Commerce Department said.

The new US president has called on a team of Ivy League-trained economists and lawyers to "heal" the economy.

The Senate has confirmed Janet Yellen as first female treasury secretary in US history.

President-elect Joe Biden has called for major stimulus - but how much will he be able to do?

As when he served as vice-president, Joe Biden faces a huge job in turning the US economy around.

Janet Yellen, Joe Biden's choice to be treasury secretary, appears at her confirmation hearing in Washington.

The US economy lost 140,000 jobs in December, as rising coronavirus cases took a toll.

Jobs around the world are being lost, but the global stock market is rising - what's going on?

2020 saw countries grapple with coronavirus, balancing both public health and economic concerns.

The $900bn package comes as millions have been left jobless or in poverty because of the pandemic.

Millions face being homeless as an eviction ban ends - and a lifeline from Congress remains uncertain.