While the CDC has stopped reporting breakthrough infections that do not end up in hospitalization, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services has recently started to publish the breakdown of new COVID-19 infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated pe…
When Congress passed the American Rescue Plan in March, extending pandemic-related unemployment aid until Labor Day, millions of Americans breathed a sigh of relief. Back then, almost 14 million people depended on the emergency programs. And while the …
Despite the latest rise in new COVID infections, the U.S. labor market continues to show signs of improvement. According to fresh data released by the Department of Labor on Thursday, initial jobless claims dropped to 348,000 in the week ended August 1…
Monetary policy can be implemented through outright purchases or sales of securities, which permanently changes the size of the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account (SOMA) portfolio.
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Witness what Amazon (AMZN) has done since UberDouche Jeff Bezos decided to take a flight in space that lasted several minutes. The stock has lost almost $300 billion in value, and frankly, it is still wildly overvalued, probably by ten-fold. But it…
Even though it’s not yet in use, the 2Africa submarine communications cable network is already one of the biggest in the world, spanning 37,000 kilometers and connecting 23 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The project is partially funde…
A new survey by YouGov in Europe has revealed where scepticism surrounding the health risks of Covid-19 is at its most widespread. As our infographic shows, Romania is the biggest sceptic stronghold in 2021, where 46 percent of respondents said they ge…
Recreational cannabis use has by now been legalized in 18 U.S. states (plus D.C.), further cultivating the drug into the mainstream. As new figures from Gallup show, the share of adults who say they have tried marijuana at some point is now at 49 perce…