The Market

European stocks declined on Thursday, dragged down by a 1.5% fall of the FTSE 100 UKX, -1.45% index a few hours before the U.K. leaves the European Union’s single market and customs unions, and just as the country is moving to new severe restrictions due to coronavirus concerns. The pan-European …

As the Internal Revenue Service starts cutting a second round of direct relief checks, the waiting may be the hardest part for people who just want their cash — or badly need it to cover basic living costs. The waiting is also a critical part, according to new research from …

Dear Moneyist, I am concerned that people are receiving another 11 weeks of unemployment benefits along with an extra $ 300 per week. I don’t have a problem with providing assistance to those who need it. It’s so sad to see families suffering financially. But what about these other people …

Janet Blaser knows a thing or two about reinvention. Once a food and restaurant writer in Santa Cruz, Calif., the now-63-year-old struggled to find work roughly a decade ago as journalism increasingly moved online. She lost one beloved job, got her hours cut at another, and ended up working odd …

AstraZeneca on Wednesday said the coronavirus vaccine it’s developed with Oxford University has been approved by the U.K. government. AstraZeneca AZN, +1.05% AZN, +3.31% said the COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the U.K. so that vaccinations may begin early in the new year. It said the …

Now that President Trump has signed a $ 900 billion relief package authorizing a new round of direct payments, the new question for many is when they will receive the $ 600 checks. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said late Tuesday that direct deposits will begin tonight, and paper checks will …

The COVID-19 economy has been brutal for millions of people who have been directly affected, through illness and loss of family members and friends, but also though lost jobs, destroyed businesses and disrupted careers. The stock market has been a different story: Unprecedented stimulus efforts of the federal government and …

Dear Moneyist, I received a gift from my mother several years ago. She transferred a substantial amount of money into a bank account under my name only. My husband persuaded me to add his name to the account several months later. The money was not touched for several years. No …

In this exceptional year, much of our collective attention span was spent on the pandemic, the U.S. election, geopolitical tensions, and social media paroxysms. When it came to US-China in particular, there simply wasn’t enough “China” as the bilateral dynamic was regularly filtered through the prism of the pandemic and the U.S. …