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Rising coronavirus infections threaten US economic recovery

by AP Economics Writers
| July 17, 2020 12:03 AM

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rising coronavirus infections across dozens of states are threatening the U.S. economic recovery, forcing businesses and consumers to freeze spending and keeping the unemployment rate stubbornly high.

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