The US Federal Reserve is expected to release its updated 2020 economic forecast for the nation at the conclusion of its final 2019 meeting on Wednesday.
The US death toll rose to nearly 16,000 Thursday, with confirmed cases of the virus at 451,491, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. More than 24,000 people have recovered nationwide.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has revised airport screening procedures to limit the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus among its employees and air travelers.
The US firm will increase its stake in its Chinese JV, Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities Co Ltd, to 51 percent and ultimately to 100 percent, Gorman said, as Chinese regulators have given foreign firms the green light to own majority stakes.
The US economy contracted at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of the year, the steepest decline since the government began keeping records in 1947, according to the Commerce Department.
The US National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the upper Midwest, impacting parts of Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin states.
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The United States is pressing on with the deportation of thousands of migrants-some of whom have been infected with the coronavirus-to the most vulnerable countries in the Western Hemisphere despite widespread complaints and criticism, US media has reported.
The UN appreciated China's substantial support to and its good cooperation with the international body, said the UN chief, adding that China plays a crucial role in building a multi-polar world.
The United States is mulling measures to bolster its economy against the impact of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, as the number of infections surges past 1,000 and dozens of universities such as Harvard are canceling in-person classes and turning to instruction online.
The United States published a long-awaited list of Russian officials and business leaders eligible for sanctions for alleged meddling in the US presidential elections at the end of January, includes 114 senior Russian political personages, as well as 96 "oligarchs" as designated by the Treasury Department.