US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high

https://apnews.com/54f1efe0afa71b0a939fda91cf917366 

The US and China relationship just reached its most dangerous point in history, and it couldn't have come at a worse time

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-china-relationship-pushed-to-brink-trump-xi-jinping-coronavirus-2020-5

Why is the U.S. stock market ignoring a brewing crisis in Hong Kong?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-is-the-us-stock-market-ignoring-a-brewing-crisis-in-hong-kong-2020-05-30

China may buy less American farm products if U.S. issues severe HK response: sources

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-idUSKBN2351PK

Washington Warned: Launch Digital Fiat or Say Goodbye to USD Dominance

https://cryptonews.com/news/washington-warned-launch-digital-fiat-or-say-goodbye-to-usd-6685.htm

Coronavirus 'spreading too fast' to ease lockdown restrictions, top scientists warn

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-lockdown-uk-lifted-eased-spread-second-wave-a9539896.html

Trump violating law by not updating budget, outside experts say

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-violating-law-by-not-updating-budget-outside-experts-say-2020-05-28

U.S. Pending Home Sales Index Falls to Lowest in Records to 2001

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-28/u-s-pending-home-sales-index-falls-to-lowest-in-records-to-2001

Food fears as Tennessee and Iowa farms report mass covid infections

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8370865/Every-worker-Tennessee-farm-positive-covid-19-Iowa-pork-firm-closes-550-infected.html

Patients with suspected and positive COVID-19 hit record in Arizona ERs

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-health/2020/05/29/covid-19-emergency-room-visits-arizona-climbing-hospitalizations-hit-record/5284501002/

Trade-war collateral damage: destruction of $1.7 trillion in U.S. companies’ market value

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trade-war-collateral-damage-destruction-of-17-trillion-in-us-companies-market-value-2020-05-30

Every Single Worker Has Covid at a U.S. Farm on Harvest Eve

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-29/every-single-worker-has-covid-at-one-u-s-farm-on-eve-of-harvest

Texas reports single-day high in new coronavirus cases as deaths, cases double in May

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article243069531.html

Arkansas Sees Coronavirus 'Second Wave' With Highest Single-Day Rise in Community Cases Since Outbreak Began

https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-second-wave-coronavirus-1507288

Tyson Foods will shut U.S. pork plant as more workers catch COVID-19

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-idUSKBN23434R

U.S. savings rate hits record 33% as coronavirus causes Americans to stockpile cash, curb spending

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/us-savings-rate-hits-record-33percent-as-coronavirus-causes-americans-to-stockpile-cash-curb-spending.html

U.S. Consumer Spending Plunges While Stimulus Boosts Incomes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-29/u-s-consumer-spending-plunges-jobless-benefits-boost-incomes

Coronavirus cases are surging in 17 states that are trying to reopen

https://bgr.com/2020/05/28/coronavirus-us-17-states-reopening-covid-19-cases-rising/

Cornell researchers said that this odd thing may be making you drink more alcohol

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/cornell-researchers-said-that-this-odd-thing-may-be-influencing-your-drinking-habits

NY Fed President Williams says U.S. is not ‘anywhere near’ its limits to run up debt

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/ny-fed-president-williams-says-us-is-not-anywhere-near-its-limits-to-run-up-debt.html

America's awful economy in the first quarter was even worse than we thought

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/economy/us-gdp-first-quarter-revision/index.html

Big Bankruptcies Sweep the U.S. in Fastest Pace Since May 2009

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-28/big-bankruptcies-sweep-the-u-s-in-fastest-pace-since-may-2009

COVID-19 could be the final nail in the coffin of HP’s printing business

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/covid-19-could-be-the-final-nail-in-the-coffin-of-hps-printing-business-2020-05-27

Fed finds new challenge for the economy: Workers who don’t want to come back to their jobs

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/fed-beige-book-many-workers-dont-want-to-come-back-to-their-jobs.html

Spike in South Korea virus cases shows perils of reopening

https://apnews.com/72fae695d7df85accb1bf449568a8a1f

France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 amid safety concerns

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-idUSKBN233197

Tuesday Morning declares bankruptcy, to close 33% of its stores in the reorganization

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tuesday-morning-declares-bankruptcy-to-close-33-of-its-stores-in-the-reorganization-2020-05-27

Salaries Get Chopped for Many Americans Who Manage to Keep Jobs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-27/salaries-get-chopped-for-many-americans-who-manage-to-keep-jobs

COVID-19 lawsuit takes on McDonald's like it was a rowdy bar

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-corp-la-idUSKBN2321H6

Alabama's Easing of Restrictions Has Given 'a False Sense of Security,' Says Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed

https://time.com/5842216/alabama-covid-19-restrictions-montgomery-mayor-steven-reed/

Covid-19 Flares Up in America's Polluted ‘Sacrifice Zones’

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-flares-americas-polluted-sacrifice-zones/

Brace for Blackouts in the Summer of COVID-19

https://www.thedailybeast.com/brace-for-blackouts-in-the-summer-of-covid-19?ref=home?ref=home

The New York House Declared “Legally Haunted” Is for Sale

https://www.themarysue.com/legally-haunted-house-for-sale/

5 economic statistics that show the financial devastation of the pandemic for average Americans

https://www.businessinsider.com/5-stats-coronavirus-pandemic-economic-financial-impact-average-americans-2020-5

Americans are crowding public places and officials fear possibility of spikes in coronavirus cases

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/25/health/us-coronavirus-memorial-day/index.html

This chart shows just how much America’s malls are incredibly dependent on struggling retailers

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/24/this-chart-shows-how-americas-malls-depend-on-struggling-retailers.html

PPP Delayed the Day of Reckoning for Small Business. Now, Time Is Almost Up.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ppp-delayed-the-day-of-reckoning-for-small-business-its-almost-here-51590102090

Moody's chief economist dismisses Trump's boast he'll bring the economy back quickly

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/moodys-chief-economist-pours-cold-water-on-trumps-boast-hell-bring-the-economy-back-quickly/

Peter Schiff: You Need To Vaccinate Your Portfolio Against Inflation

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4349776-peter-schiff-you-need-to-vaccinate-your-portfolio-against-inflation?utm_source=smartnews.com&utm_medium=referral

There's an Unorthodox Stimulus Proposal Gathering Steam on Social Media

https://www.fool.com/taxes/2020/05/24/theres-an-unorthodox-stimulus-proposal-gathering-s.aspx

Beijing Urges U.S. to Drop ‘Wishful Thinking’ of Changing China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-24/beijing-urges-u-s-to-drop-wishful-thinking-of-changing-china

Argentina defaults on bond payments as debt talks heat up

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-debt-idUSKBN22Y1TE

An emerging market debt crisis could be the next front in U.S.-China conflict

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/an-emerging-market-debt-crisis-could-be-the-next-front-in-us-china-conflict-2020-05-22

There’s now a $32 billion pile of commercial real estate loans in special servicing, the first step to debt relief

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/theres-now-a-32-billion-pile-of-commercial-real-estate-loans-in-special-servicing-the-first-step-to-debt-relief-2020-05-22

Hertz Files for Bankruptcy After Rental-Car Demand Vanishes

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-23/hertz-files-for-bankruptcy-after-rental-car-demand-vanishes

Nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America may be bots | MIT Technology Review

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/21/1002105/covid-bot-twitter-accounts-push-to-reopen-america/

Some business models won't survive post-pandemic: Fed minutes

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/some-business-models-survive-post-pandemic-fed-minutes-12754304

It's a perfect storm of stupid in the stock market right now

https://www.businessinsider.com/perfect-storm-of-stupid-in-stock-market-right-now-2020-5

Stimulus package: Will there be another round of stimulus checks, coronavirus relief? Mnuchin says there is 'strong likelihood' | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2020/05/21/will-there-be-second-stimulus-package-checks-next-round-mnuchin-coronavirus-congress-bill-unemployment-cares-heroes-act/

The U.S. is in ‘relative decline’ as ‘Chinese power is rapidly rising,’ warns Ray Dalio

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-is-now-the-most-powerful-empire-but-it-is-in-relative-decline-as-chinese-power-is-rapidly-rising-says-founder-of-worlds-largest-hedge-fund-2020-05-21

Marc Lasry says the market will eventually realize the U.S. will be in a recession ‘for a while’

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/marc-lasry-stock-market-will-eventually-realize-the-us-will-be-in-a-recession-for-a-while.html

Illinois imposed a swift lockdown, while Iowa never ordered residents to stay home. A comparison of bordering counties reveals the price Iowa paid.

https://www.businessinsider.com/illinois-lockdown-compared-to-iowa-reduced-coronavirus-cases-2020-5

Biggest U.S. Mall Is Two Months Delinquent on $1.4 Billion Loan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-21/biggest-u-s-mall-is-two-months-delinquent-on-1-4-billion-loan

Corporate debt issuance has already topped $1 trillion in 2020

https://www.axios.com/corporate-debt-issuance-1-trillion-2020-b813ca2e-2a29-459b-afa5-41299c987d12.html

Mastercard to allow staff to work from home until virus fears subside

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN22W37A

U.S. leveraged loan defaults at six-year high as coronavirus hits businesses

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-debt-leveraged-idUSKBN22X1BD

Jobless claims since pandemic set to hit 39 million, but the more important number to watch is how many are collecting benefits

https://smartnews.link/w/GmYC

The Latest US Coronavirus Death Predictions Are Even Worse Than Expected Before

https://smartnews.link/w/yLPw

A new high for coronavirus deaths in California as counties push ahead with reopening

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-20/a-new-high-for-coronavirus-deaths-in-california-as-counties-push-ahead-with-reopening

New coronavirus cases across the world jump by the most ever in a single day, WHO says

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/20/new-coronavirus-cases-across-the-world-jump-by-the-most-in-a-single-day-who-says.html

Do credit cards encourage overspending? Swipe responsibly with these tips

https://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/do-credit-cards-encourage-overspending/

‘Blindsided’: Shoppers Have Sticker Shock At The Grocery Store As Prices Rise

https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/19/coronavirus-leads-to-increase-in-costs-at-grocery-store/

‘The corruption is on full display: Trump executive order directs all agencies to gut business regulations amid COVID-19

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/the-corruption-is-on-full-display-trump-executive-order-directs-all-agencies-to-gut-business-regulations-amid-covid-19/

JPMorgan Joins Goldman Saying More QE Needed to Cap Bond Yields

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-20/jpmorgan-joins-goldman-saying-more-qe-needed-to-cap-bond-yields

Thousands forced to leave Ford Chicago plant day after it reopened

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-ford-chicago-plant-thousands-forced-leave-day-after-it-reopened/

A pizza lover discovered that the local pizzeria she thought she'd ordered from was actually Chuck E. Cheese, highlighting a popular tactic that many restaurants use

https://www.businessinsider.com/diners-discover-that-pasquallys-pizza-is-actually-chuck-e-cheese-2020-5

Maryland Reports Largest Rise Yet In Coronavirus Cases 4 Days After Reopening : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/19/858837518/maryland-reports-largest-rise-yet-in-coronavirus-cases-4-days-after-reopening

‘This will kill you’: Many express alarm after Trump says he’s taking hydroxychloroquine

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-will-kill-you-many-express-alarm-after-trump-says-hes-taking-hydroxychloroquine-2020-05-18 

The US Postal Service now has 5,000 employees in quarantine and only enough cash to last through September

https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-postal-service-run-out-money-september-coronavirus-covid-19-2020-5 

Colleges That Reopen Are Making a Big Mistake

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/colleges-that-reopen-are-making-a-big-mistake/611485/ 

Preventing a Great Depression Will Cost $10 Trillion

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/we-can-prevent-a-great-depression-itll-take-10-trillion/611749/ 

Warren Buffett's Warning for Anyone With a Credit Card Balance | Inc.com

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/warren-buffetts-warning-for-anyone-with-a-credit-card-balance.html 

Wisconsin in-person election exploded new COVID-19 infections: report

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/bolstering-case-for-nationwide-vote-by-mail-new-study-shows-wisconsin-in-person-election-exploded-new-covid-19-infections/

Trump Bizarrely Cites Unnamed ‘Positive Calls,’ Random Doctor for Decision to Take Hydroxychloroquine, Contradicting FDA, NIH, AMA Advice

https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-bizarrely-cites-unnamed-positive-calls-random-doctor-for-decision-to-take-hydroxychloroquine-contradicting-fda-nih-ama-advice/

‘It will kill you’: Fox News host stunned by Trump’s boast he’ll take discredited coronavirus treatment

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/it-will-kill-you-fox-news-host-stunned-by-trumps-boast-hell-take-discredited-coronavirus-treatment/

Hospitals, health care sector reel from COVID-19 damage

https://apnews.com/b600ae4f7d8d14871c616497dd1fded1

History shows firing workers during an economic crisis is a mistake

https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-shows-firing-workers-during-great-depression-coronavirus-mistake-2020-5

Catholic colleges struggle with coronavirus challenge ahead of fall term

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2020/05/catholic-colleges-struggle-with-coronavirus-challenge-ahead-of-fall-term/

Buckle your seat belts, the road ahead is going to be bumpy, warns El-Erian

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/buckle-your-seat-belts-the-road-ahead-is-going-to-be-bumpy-warns-el-erian-2020-05-17

HHS secretary says Trump’s ‘Warp Speed’ vaccine ‘may not be safe and effective but we’ll have it’

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/hhs-secretary-says-trumps-warp-speed-vaccine-may-not-be-safe-and-effective-but-well-have-it/

Restaurant and bar owners say social distancing could wipe out their industry

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/17/business/restaurant-coronavirus-business-model/index.html

Why Students Want Tuition Refunds Over Shift to Online Teaching | EdSurge News

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-05-12-why-students-want-tuition-refunds-over-shift-to-online-teaching

Fed says risks to the financial system are worrying insiders

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-says-risks-to-the-financial-system-are-worrying-insiders-2020-05-15

CNBC’s Jim Cramer Pleads With Trump to Be ‘Good Cop’ on China: ‘Not the Time’ for a Trade War, ‘What Are We Crazy!?’

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/cnbcs-jim-cramer-pleads-with-trump-to-be-good-cop-on-china-not-the-time-for-a-trade-war-what-are-we-crazy/

The Navy Says 5 Sailors Have Tested Positive For COVID-19, Again : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/16/857379338/5-uss-roosevelt-sailors-test-positive-for-covid-19-again

These 7 economic signals flashed red this week, showing the continued damage being inflicted by coronavirus

https://www.businessinsider.com/economic-indicators-show-continued-impact-coronavirus-recession-economy-downturn-lows-2020-5

The US government is getting ready to sue Google for monopolizing online ads

https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/15/21260494/google-antitrust-lawsuit-online-ad-monopoly-texas-justice-department

Americans calling for herd immunity should look at Sweden's coronavirus experiment to see why it won't work

https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-call-herd-immunity-sweden-experiment-coronavirus-not-working-2020-5

Retail sales plunge a record 16.4% in April, far worse than predicted

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/us-retail-sales-april-2020.html

This settles the stock-market valuation debate between David Tepper and Nelson Peltz

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-settles-the-stock-market-valuation-debate-between-david-tepper-and-nelson-peltz-2020-05-15

Seven weeks into coronavirus lockdowns, Fed has a new, darker message

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-outlook-analysis-idUSKBN22Q358

‘More Worried About The Customers’: ‘Bar Rescue’ Host Jon Taffar Says Customer Behavior Critical To Survival Of Restaurant Industry

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/coronavirus-bar-rescue-host-jon-taffar-customer-behavior-restaurant-industry-survival/

German economy posts sharpest contraction since the financial crisis

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/15/german-gdp-shrinks-by-2point2percent-in-the-first-quarter.html

What does the government need to do to help retirement savers through the COVID-19 crisis?

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-does-the-government-need-to-do-to-help-retirement-savers-through-the-covid-19-crisis-2020-05-14

Nearly 3 million more Americans file jobless claims, as 8-week total tops 36 million

https://apnews.com/d83ae33742142af43dc48854ab97fd47

To take on the coronavirus, US vaccine makers consider an unprecedented strategy: working together

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/health/vaccine-coronavirus-trial-strategy/index.html

Why ‘the next big shoe to drop’ in the U.S. economy could hit by July

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-next-big-shoe-to-drop-in-the-us-economy-could-hit-by-july-2020-05-13

Connecticut Governor Says Days of Commuting to NYC May End

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-13/connecticut-governor-says-days-of-commuting-to-nyc-may-be-over

Utilities want to charge customers to make up for lost revenue

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indiana-utility-companies-want-to-charge-customers-to-make-up-for-revenue-lost-in-pandemic/

Homeowners And Buyers Fleeing The Real Estate Industry -

https://www.valuewalk.com/2020/05/homeowners-real-estate-industry/

New Normal 2.0 for U.S. Economy Looks Awful, Long and Perilous

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-13/new-normal-2-0-for-u-s-economy-looks-awful-long-and-perilous

Fed’s Mester calls for more fiscal support to ward off ‘dire scenarios’ facing U.S. economy

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-mester-calls-for-more-fiscal-support-to-ward-off-dire-scenarios-facing-us-economy-2020-05-12

I have been told to return to work but I worry it won’t be safe. What can I do? - The Boston Globe

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/12/business/i-have-been-told-return-work-i-worry-it-wont-be-safe-what-can-i-do/

Cramer: ‘I see tremendous, tremendous tall office buildings with nobody in them’ post-coronavirus

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/12/cramer-sees-tremendous-tall-office-buildings-with-nobody-in-them.html

Prices are tumbling at an alarming rate

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/economy/consumer-prices-april/index.html

Billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya says the economy is 'completely divorced' from the stock and bond markets — and issues a warning for the Fed

https://www.businessinsider.com/chamath-palihapitiya-says-economy-is-divorced-stock-market-fed-warning-2020-5

Column: Republicans seek to exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut Social Security benefits

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-05-11/republicans-covid-social-security

Goldman Sachs says stocks will tumble 18% in the next 3 months — and lays out 6 risks it thinks investors are ignoring

https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-6-reasons-for-more-selling-goldman-sachs-2020-5

New research complicates the '80% rule' for retirement savings

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-research-complicates-the-80-rule-for-retirement-savings-205546383.html

'The greatest disconnect in history': An investor who called the coronavirus sell-off warns of 2 market crashes this year

https://www.businessinsider.com/stocks-bonds-will-crash-investor-called-market-meltdown-warns-2020-5

'Painfully evident' damage: Deutsche Bank now thinks the US economy will shrink by nearly 40% in the 2nd quarter following coronavirus lockdowns

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-gdp-will-shrink-second-quarter-deutsche-bank-coronavirus-2020-5

China’s purchases of US goods will fall way short of ‘phase one’ trade deal due to the coronavirus, says think tank

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/coronavirus-us-exports-to-china-to-fall-short-of-phase-one-trade-deal-says-csis.html

Economist Gary Shilling Warns Quick Recovery ‘Not Realistic’: Coronavirus ‘Most Traumatic Event in the World Since World War II’

https://www.mediaite.com/news/economist-gary-shilling-warns-quick-recovery-not-realistic-coronavirus-most-traumatic-event-in-the-world-since-world-war-ii/

China under pressure to write off loans as countries struggle to repay debt during coronavirus crisis

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/belt-and-road-china-may-have-to-write-off-loans-as-countries-struggle-to-pay.html

Coronavirus Impact: Large scale facilities explore ionized hydrogen peroxide to keep food, workers safe - ABC7 San Francisco

https://abc7news.com/6168168/

Fed’s Kashkari throws cold water on White House optimism about a ‘snapback’ economic recovery

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-kashkari-throws-cold-water-on-white-house-optimism-about-a-snapback-economic-recovery-2020-05-10

A majority of Americans say reopening the country from coronavirus restrictions isn’t worth the risks

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-majority-of-americans-say-reopening-the-country-from-coronavirus-restrictions-isnt-worth-the-risks-2020-05-08

When United Pawned Old Jets, Bond Traders Sent a Stark Warning

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-09/when-united-pawned-old-jets-bond-traders-sent-a-stark-warning

88,300 truck drivers lost their jobs in April, and it's the biggest trucking job loss on record

https://www.businessinsider.com/trucking-bloodbath-truck-drivers-lost-jobs-april-jobs-report-2020-5

Animal welfare advocates: 'Dog shortage' in U.S. shows disruption in supply chain | TheHill

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/496732-animal-welfare-advocates-dog-shortage-us-shows-disruption-in-supply

Dad to kids: I've decided you don't get to take over the family business. Kids to Dad: Who wants to run Samsung anyway?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/07/samsung_dynasty_ends/

No 'V'-shape return from devastating U.S. job loss, Fed policymakers say

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-daly-idUSKBN22K30P

‘Never seen anything remotely this bad’: Economic experts floored by worst jobs report in history

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/never-seen-anything-remotely-this-bad-economic-experts-floored-by-worst-jobs-report-in-history/

Op-ed: Markets rising as economic numbers plunge is historically a setup for disappointment

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/08/op-ed-markets-rising-as-economic-numbers-plunge-is-historically-a-setup-for-disappointment.html

The U.S. economy may be in for a ‘square root’-shaped recovery—and you won’t like it any more than algebra class

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-economy-may-be-in-for-a-square-root-shaped-recoveryand-you-wont-like-it-any-more-than-algebra-class-2020-05-08

Dow jumps 350 points, shaking off report showing worst U.S. unemployment rate since the Great Depression

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-futures-rise-nearly-300-points-as-us-china-trade-reps-hold-call-investors-brace-for-jobs-report-2020-05-08

Oil Majors Are Abandoning This Key Shale Basin | OilPrice.com

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Oil-Majors-Are-Abandoning-This-Key-Shale-Basin.html

And the malls come tumbling down | Retail Dive

https://www.retaildive.com/news/and-the-malls-come-tumbling-down/577002/

Billionaire 'bond king' Jeff Gundlach warns the US government's borrowing binge could lead to 'fatal' negative interest rates

https://www.businessinsider.com/billionaire-bond-king-jeff-gundlach-warns-fatal-negative-interest-rates-2020-5

‘Massively Negative’: Trump Economic Adviser Predicts U.S. GDP Will Plunge 40% in Second Quarter

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-economic-adviser-kevin-hassett-predicts-40-gdp-for-current-quarter-amid-coronavirus-lockdown/

World Faces Rare ‘Inflationary Depression,’ Says Keynes Scholar

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-06/world-faces-rare-inflationary-depression-says-keynes-scholar

Bank of America forecasts a 'shocking' 22 million jobs lost in April, unemployment spike to 15%

https://www.businessinsider.com/unemployment-surge-millions-jobs-lost-april-report-bank-america-coronavirus-2020-5

China’s $1 Trillion Of U.S. Treasuries Are A Bet On Trump’s Casino That May Go Bust

https://www.forbes.com/sites/williampesek/2020/05/06/chinas-1-trillion-of-us-treasuries-are-a-bet-on-trumps-casino-that-may-go-bust/

Coronavirus: China could cut US debt holdings in response to White House Covid-19 compensation threats, analysts say

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3083100/coronavirus-china-could-cut-us-debt-holdings-response-white

College students are unimpressed by their online classes — and now some are filing lawsuits seeking tuition refunds

https://www.businessinsider.com/unimpressed-by-online-classes-college-students-seek-refunds-2020-5

Buffets were already on their way out. The coronavirus pandemic may have dealt them a final blow.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-pandemic-may-spell-death-for-buffet-restaurants-2020-5

Three Of The Four Largest US Oil And Gas Producers Are Facing Multimillion- And Multibillion-Dollar Losses

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/05/exxon-chevron-oil-prices-phillips66/

Harrison: We've Reached The Insolvency Phase

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4343305-harrison-reached-insolvency-phase?utm_source=smartnews.com&utm_medium=referral

Pastors, business owners, and local leaders in a small Georgia city have joined forces to keep the city closed even as the state reopens

https://www.insider.com/georgia-city-elects-to-keep-their-businesses-closed-2020-5

‘A nation of magical thinkers’: Michigan professor warns of ‘apocalyptic’ disregard for truth

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/a-nation-of-magical-thinkers-michigan-professor-warns-of-apocalyptic-disregard-for-truth/

Negative interest rates: Banks are coming for your money

https://decrypt.co/27587/negative-interest-rates-banks-are-coming-for-your-money

Why Canceling Debt Held by China Would Be ‘Worse Than Telling People to Drink Bleach’

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2020/05/01/Why-Canceling-Debt-Held-China-Would-Be-Worse-Telling-People-Drink-Bleach

Why Assets Will Crash

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4342639-why-assets-will-crash?utm_source=smartnews.com&utm_medium=referral

Colleges gamble on reopening this fall

https://www.axios.com/colleges-reopen-coronavirus-bf9ae15e-0a47-4074-b8fd-9275395420fb.html

Giant ‘murder hornet’ is in U.S. to stay, will eventually reach East Coast, experts say

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/giant-murder-hornet-is-in-us-to-stay-will-eventually-reach-east-coast-experts-say-2020-05-03

It's time to reject the gods of commerce: America is a society, not an "economy"

https://www.salon.com/2020/05/02/its-time-to-reject-the-gods-of-commerce-america-is-a-society-not-an-economy/

Coronavirus coffee farmer: 'We're definitely scared' - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52442123

Citizens may have to nominate 10 friends to isolate with mid-lockdown, causing a potential social ‘nightmare’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/citizens-may-have-to-nominate-10-friends-to-isolate-with-mid-lockdown-causing-a-potential-social-nightmare-2020-05-04

Breakingviews - America could actually shirk its debts to China

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-united-states-china-debt-breakingview-idUSKBN22G05Q

Donald Trump And The Fed Could Be About To Destroy The U.S. Banking System

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2020/05/03/donald-trump-and-the-fed-could-be-about-to-destroy-the-us-banking-system/

Fears Mount About Inflation Returning With a Vengeance

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-03/sum-of-all-fears-still-can-t-dispel-speculation-about-inflation

We "don't have enough information yet" on immunity, a senior medic has warned | inews

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/we-dont-have-enough-information-yet-on-immunity-a-senior-medic-has-warned-2787219

A State Pension Bailout Even Mitch McConnell Can Support

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsiedle/2020/05/01/a-state-pension-bailout-even-mitch-mcconnell-can-support/

Donald Trump's four-step plan to reopen the US economy – and why it will be lethal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/03/donald-trump-reopen-us-economy-lethal-robert-reich

Congress needs to send state governments billions of dollars to avoid an economic disaster

https://www.businessinsider.com/states-need-at-least-billions-avoid-coronavirus-economic-disaster-2020-5

The U.S. Is Not Headed Toward a New Great Depression

https://hbr.org/2020/05/the-u-s-is-not-headed-toward-a-new-great-depression

Global markets recoil as Trump threatens US-China trade war

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/01/global-markets-donald-trump-us-china-trade-war-coronavirus-covid-19

Welcome to the most expensive US stock market in two decades

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/01/investing/stock-market-recession-coronavirus/index.html

Trump admin is now pressuring factories in Mexico to reopen as workers there keep dying

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/5/1/1941817/-Trump-admin-is-now-pressuring-factories-in-Mexico-to-reopen-as-workers-there-keep-dying

Reopening States Before June Would Save Millions Of Jobs But Result In Hundreds Of Thousands More Coronavirus Deaths: Report

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sergeiklebnikov/2020/05/01/reopening-states-before-june-would-save-millions-of-jobs-but-result-in-hundreds-of-thousands-more-coronavirus-deaths-report/

Grubhub receipt sparks outrage as it reveals the company took a $666 cut from a pizza restaurant's $1,042 in total orders

https://www.businessinsider.com/pizza-trucks-grubhub-earnings-statement-causes-twitter-outrage-2020-5

Governments Could Bring Supply Chains Home. It Would Defy Economic Rationality.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/will-supply-chains-come-home-after-the-coronavirus-recession-51588327200

Record New York Sugar Delivery Gives Bears Even More Ammunition

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-01/record-new-york-sugar-delivery-gives-bears-even-more-ammunition

Wells Fargo will no longer accept applications for home equity lines of credit

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/wells-fargo-says-it-will-no-longer-accept-applications-for-home-equity-lines-of-credit.html

‘Don’t be fooled!’ A 40% drop could hit by next year after this bear-market rally fades, veteran economist warns

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dont-be-fooled-a-40-drop-could-hit-by-next-year-after-this-bear-market-rally-fades-veteran-economist-warns-2020-04-30

NJ student seeks tuition refund from MSU for moving to online classes

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/04/30/coronavirus-student-seeks-tuition-refund-msu-moving-online-classes/3054709001/?utm_source=AMP&utm_medium=UpNext

COVID-19 crisis sparks ‘early retirement’ wave

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/covid-19-crisis-sparks-early-retirement-wave-2020-04-30

Food workers say they would rather starve than go back to work

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8273699/Food-workers-say-Donald-Trump-sacrificing-lives-profit-reopening-plants.html

Amazon sales rise 26% to $75B; profits plunge 30%; Bezos calls crisis ‘hardest time we’ve ever faced’

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-sales-rise-26-75b-profits-plunge-30-bezos-calls-crisis-hardest-time-weve-ever-faced/

'Inflation bomb' could finally blow up, says J.P. Morgan; what happens next? | Kitco News

https://www.kitco.com/news/2020-04-30/-Inflation-bomb-could-finally-blow-up-says-J-P-Morgan-what-happens-next.html

Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/health/report-covid-two-more-years/index.html

Cramer says his most trusted indicator ‘makes me concerned’ about the market’s trajectory

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/jim-cramer-says-his-most-trusted-market-indicator-makes-me-concerned.html