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Sabri Ben-Achour

Correspondent & Host

Latest Stories (653)

This crisis is hard on us. It's even harder on countries that aren't rich.

May 21, 2020
Capital has fled emerging markets on a massive scale. Currencies are down, debt burdens are rising and people are falling into poverty.
A family walks down the street in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The value of that nation's currency, the real, has plummeted.
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Reshoring gets new attention during COVID-19

May 19, 2020
As the coronavirus has exposed weaknesses in supply chains, efforts are renewed to bring manufacturing back to the United States.
President Donald Trump gives a speech in 2017. There's a renewed effort to bring American companies' production back to the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Economic recovery "may take some time to gain momentum," Fed Chair says

It may take until the end of 2021 for the economy to recover, Jerome Powell said Sunday.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell says there's "really no limit" to what the central bank can do with lending programs.
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Downturn leads some to withdraw early from retirement accounts

May 15, 2020
Almost a third of people in a LendingTree survey said they were withdrawing from retirement accounts
The economic slump is making some Americans spend down liquid assets.
Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Graduating into this mess stinks

May 14, 2020
Recession grads make less money, and it takes 10 to 15 years to catch up in terms of income.
Graduation will be different this year.
Joshua Lott/Getty Images

What are ETFs and why is the Fed pouring billions into them?

May 12, 2020
The Federal Reserve is prepared to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate bond ETFs to support businesses, and make it possible for these businesses to borrow during the Coronavirus downturn.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images

How will we know when it's safe to go back to work? Workers and employers want to know.

May 11, 2020
Right now, OSHA doesn’t have a blanket legal standard for protecting workers from infectious diseases.
The medical definition of what's safe has been changing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

How economists are keeping up in the fast-paced COVID-19 recession

Apr 23, 2020
Quarterly and monthly data, like GDP and the unemployment rate, don't really give us a picture of what is happening today.
Economists are using real-time data in the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Supply chains are being pulled to the limit

Apr 17, 2020
Many companies are taking a hard look at their tattered supply chains.
Cranes stand idle at the Port of Los Angeles — the nation's busiest container port — as supply chains shift during COVID-19.
Mario Tama/Getty Images

Are we paying rent?

Apr 16, 2020
Jobless claims are unprecedented. That's starting to show up in rent payment rates.
An apartment building in Brooklyn, New York on March 25.
Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images