U.S. stock indexes notched their best weekly gain since the November elections Friday, even though the latest update on employment showed a disappointing jobs gain in January, suggesting that recovery in the labor market is stalling.
The next date circled in red for Democrats working on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion economic plan is Feb. 16, the deadline for congressional committees to produce the legislation to put the proposal into law.
The White House plans to contract with at least six testing companies to spur development and manufacturing of more than 60 million at-home COVID-19 tests by this summer.