Author: Jessica Menton, USA TODAY

Monthly job gains in May and June are historic, but the labor market is still facing a net loss of 14.7M job losses from the coronavirus recession.

U.S. stocks markets are closed Friday in observance of Independence Day.

Lower mortgage rates provide relief for potential homebuyers, but there’s a catch: there aren’t enough houses on the market to keep up with demand. So potential buyers are facing an affordability crunch.

A national face-mask mandate could lower coronavirus infections and help the economic recovery, according to a new report from Goldman Sachs.

Stocks posted their best quarter in decades, as government stimulus and help from the Fed helped markets start to recover from the damage of COVID-19 at the start of the year.

Stocks staged a comeback in the final trading hour Thursday, propelled by bank shares as investors weighed prospects for an economic turnaround.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin left the door open to extending the July 15 tax deadline for a second time as Americans grapple with the economic fallout from the pandemic.

Stocks fell Wednesday on worries over the prospects of a quick economic recovery after the IMF projected the global recession will be worse than initially expected.

U.S. stocks recovered Tuesday from overnight losses after Washington reassured investors that the trade accord with China was still intact.