Using smartphones to track lockdown compliance, paying employers to keep workers on the payroll and gauging nursing home availability
Though defaults are low, rates on credit card loan-backed notes are high
Housing guaranteed, rent payments went toward food
Poorer residents of states refusing to expand Medicaid hit hardest
They don’t trade at an absolute equal to intrinsic value, despite their image as the world’s investment bedrock
Small firms in Peru shop nationwide for cheap credit, but loyalty runs two ways
Uninsured and insured both receive help; benefits are temporary
An unusual data trove from Greece’s economic collapse reveals the practice
Public bonds compete against other investments; a model of that relationship
Loans that include a sweetener or penalty tied to ESG performance seem to induce more honest reporting
Uncertainty about outside news alters company disclosures and how markets interpret them, study finds
Tax policy change triggers an incentive for lenders to be more aggressive