Topic: market

US Fed says outlook uncertain, stimulus 'essential'

US Fed says outlook uncertain, stimulus 'essential'

Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 17 09:02 AM

The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep boosting the US economy with low rates to help recover the tens of millions of jobs lost in the pandemic, but said additional help from the government will be key.   Read more »

4 types of UITF investments you need to know

4 types of UITF investments you need to know

Moneymax.ph
Posted at Sep 16 03:09 PM

Since everyone’s talking about investments nowadays, it’s time we shed some light on other popular and affordable options out there—namely, Unit Investment Trust Funds or UITF.  Read more »

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Trapped by pandemic, ships’ crews fight exhaustion and despair

Aurora Almendral, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 09 10:39 PM

The International Transport Workers’ Federation estimated that 300,000 of the 1.2 million crew members at sea were essentially stranded on their ships, working past the expiration of their original contracts and fighting isolation, uncertainty and fatigue. Read more »

Bagsakan lifts local food and merchandise amid COVID-19 pandemic

Bagsakan lifts local food and merchandise amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 03:36 PM

People visit “Bagsakan,” a bazaar selling local food and merchandise at discounted prices organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Bureau of Domestic Trade Promotion (BDTP), in Festival Mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa on Friday.  Read more »

Unemployment claims in US show layoffs continue to batter economy

Unemployment claims in US show layoffs continue to batter economy

Patricia Cohen and Gillian Friedman, The New York Times
Updated as of Sep 04 12:19 PM

More than five months after the coronavirus pandemic began throttling the economy, layoffs remain widespread, the U.S. government reported Thursday, the latest sign of the labor market’s painstakingly slow recovery.   Read more »

New business normal

New business normal

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 12:24 AM

A vendor shows to a potential client on social media a live video of various Christmas decors being sold at a market in Quezon City on Tuesday. Many businesses have turned to online selling to cope with low sales brought about by COVID-19 and the government’s various quarantine classifications. Read more »

Living and making a living under the pandemic

Living and making a living under the pandemic

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 21 10:49 PM

The tailor, the gym instructor, the teacher. In these 3 photo essays, we take a look at how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the lives of ordinary people who aren't heralded as "heroes" in the time of COVID-19.    Read more »

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