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COVID-19: 5 Years On

After pandemic turmoil and subsidies, airlines have had a soft landing

by Daniel Ackerman
Mar 12, 2025
Five years after COVID grounded carriers, leisure travel has fared better than the business segment. Supply chains aren't fully rebuilt.
A worker disinfects an airplane cabin between flights in May 2020. Since then, the industry has largely recovered, though some troubles persist.
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How excess deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Social Security

by Daniel Ackerman
Feb 19, 2025
The National Bureau of Economic Research found the number of deaths was large enough to result in a net increase to the Social Security fund.
Above, a COVID-19 memorial on the National Mall in 2021. Excess deaths were so numerous during the pandemic that it's led to a net increase in the Social Security fund.
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Five years after the pandemic began, the job market is off the roller coaster

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 23, 2025
Stability reigns. The economy has about 7 million more jobs than before COVID hit, and both quits and layoffs are low.
Early in the pandemic, millions of Americans lost their jobs.
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What it was like to work at a grocery store during peak COVID

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas
Jan 23, 2025
For our Economic Pulse series, we're taking a closer look at essential workers' experiences during the height of the pandemic.
"We have an industry that employs millions of people to sell the rest of us food, and they can't feed themselves," said writer Ann Larson of grocery store workers.
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More people are volunteering again after a big pandemic drop

by Samantha Fields
Dec 23, 2024
Nearly 76 million Americans volunteered in 2023, up from about 60 million in 2021, a survey from AmeriCorps and the Census Bureau says.
Hundreds of people lined up for an outdoor mobile food pantry hosted by City Harvest in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, on a recent December morning.
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Are U.S. Treasurys still 'risk-free' investments?

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Alex Schroeder
Nov 28, 2024
A new study looking at how U.S. Treasurys were bought and sold during peak pandemic casts doubt on this dynamic.
U.S. government debt is considered among the safest of investments. But is that perception changing and why?
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Canada is trying to rebuild its tourism industry

by Megan Lawton
Oct 16, 2024
The number of international travelers visiting Canada is still below pre-pandemic levels.
The number of international travelers visiting Canada is still below pre-pandemic levels. Above, the Toronto skyline in September 2023.
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Corporate travel spending is forecasted to exceed pre-pandemic levels

by Mitchell Hartman
Oct 11, 2024
But that doesn't mean everything has completely caught up, analysts say.
Leisure travel has long-since recovered to pre-pandemic levels, but business travel is taking much longer to catch up.
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Uncertain demand for COVID shots imposes risk-benefit calculations on doctors

by Jackie Fortiér
Sep 2, 2024
Some pediatricians say they’re keeping their stockpiles low to avoid being stuck with costly, unwanted vaccines.
The waiting room at Dr. Eric Ball’s office in Orange County, California. Low demand has pediatricians carefully weighing how many costly COVID vaccinations to order.
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CDC ends free COVID-19 vaccine program for uninsured adults

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 26, 2024
The vaccine can cost more than $100, which can be a barrier for the 11% of non-elderly adults who are uninsured.
For uninsured adults, the COVID-19 vaccine can run $100 or more.
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