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From Washington to Berlin, officials are scrambling to find the best ways to help workers.

The pandemic has made Britain’s economy even more British, as workers born in the EU walk away.

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Citigroup named Jane Fraser to take over as CEO, making her the first woman to run a US mega bank. She’s takes over from Michael Corbat, a Citi lifer who was credited with steadying the institution after the 2008 financial crisis.

The Long-Term Stock Exchange launched today (Sept. 9) with a humble goal—to reform American capitalism as we know it.

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed US financial data into extreme territory.

A funny side effect of the boom in US stocks is that a growing number of executives are considering whether to sidestep the traditional IPO.

The feedback loop between financial markets and bubbles is fiendishly difficult to unravel, which is perhaps one of the reasons why the bookshelf of financial bubble literature gets heavier every year. Here are a few of the most influential and interesting ones:

Bernard L. Madoff ran the world’s largest Ponzi scheme. He was also a key pioneer of the business model that helps underpin “commission-free” stock brokerage for everyday traders. In some respects, Madoff is the godfather of today’s retail trading boom.

John Coates probably knows more than anyone else about the interplay between hormones and financial markets.

A historic economic crash. Geopolitical turmoil dialed up to the max. A pandemic threatening to rip through the world’s population again.

Just by looking at Hong Kong’s stock exchange, it wouldn’t be immediately obvious that US-Chinese relations are at their lowest point in a generation, or that the city has become a point of conflict between world powers.

As of Aug. 3, 43 publicly traded or large private retailers had filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2020, according to market intelligence firm S&P Global. It’s a rate not seen since the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath.

Carson Block gets pumped when a corporate fraud implodes.

Men control the vast majority of US household wealth, but that’s changing.

The coronavirus pandemic is poised to set off trillions of dollars of bank losses, a large chunk of which are forecast to implode at Chinese lenders.

The US’s emergency program to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic was far from perfect, and the data produced about the half a trillion dollars in loans is a total mess. But the former head of the Small Business Administration argues that those criticisms, while valid, miss the bigger point.

First the good news: The biggest US banks have had time to brace themselves for a wave of losses.

US government aid has shielded tens of millions of unemployed Americans from the worst effects of the pandemic-induced recession. But a wide range of data shows that the economic turmoil is far from over and that many people have slipped through the safety net.

Brokerages like Robinhood and TD Ameritrade are riding high from the boom in trading. For these brokers, the big money isn’t in the stock market—it’s in options.

As the coronavirus pandemic shreds the global economy, women have been disproportionately swept up in the wave of unemployment. Are government safety nets catching their fall?

Shops in Germany are saying guten tag to a growing number of customers.

Professional traders appear to think Robinhood customers are extra valuable.

The coronavirus pandemic has underscored society’s disparities in everything from health to employment and wealth. The crisis has also highlighted a lack of fairness in digital payments, which are quickly overtaking cash transactions. Central bank officials are looking at ways to make these transactions fairer and more inclusive.