Connecting the Dots

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) continues to have enough funds to allow banks to make forgivable loans available to businesses that have fewer than 500 employees and that are suffering […] Read More

According to The New York Times, (more than half of the U.S. states have begun to reopen at least some nonessential businesses. The Times provides detailed information about the status of operations in each states, […] Read More

Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate are expected to introduce legislation during the week before Memorial Day that, if enacted, would protect businesses from lawsuits from employees and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Metals […] Read More

On Friday, May 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed another COVID-19 related spending bill, this time on a largely party-line vote. Because of the overall cost of the legislation—$3 trillion—and its contents, the Republican-led […] Read More

As Connecting the Dots readers are aware, the Federal Reserve Bank and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are working to establish a program that will provide low-interest loans to businesses with fewer than 15,000 […] Read More