Despite the current grim economic news, most forecasters predict the U.S. economy will rebound quickly once the immediate public health crisis caused by the novel coronavirus is brought under control. A leading historian of the Great Depression agrees.
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Featured Article: “Here’s How Those Hot Jigsaw Puzzles Are Made”. The coronavirus has sent puzzle businesses racing as demand surges past levels seen at Christmas. In this lesson, you will learn how jigsaw puzzles are made and why companies that …
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MUMBAI — The impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak on the Indian economy would depend on the depth, duration and diffusion of the crisis, the Reserve Bank of India said in the minutes of its emergency monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in …
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TOKYO — Some of Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores have taken a novel approach to social distancing by hanging plastic sheets from the ceiling to provide a barrier between customers and staff at the cash register during the coronavirus pandemic.
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DEAR MISS MANNERS: Approaching the heavy wooden doors of a local university building, my husband and I were a few feet behind a man in a wheelchair who bypassed the door-opening button. My 84-year-old husband said, “I will get the door.”.
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