The U.S. job market has lost momentum and a lot of fiscal support is expiring amid a surge in the coronavirus pandemic, says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics.
Pfizer workers are gearing up for a mass rollout of the company's Covid-19 vaccine. The United Kingdom became the first country to approve Pfizer's vaccine. "I'm just so, so pleased that, you know, 2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better. And help is on its way," said Matt Hancock, the U.K.'s Health Secretary. Pfizer's vaccine has yet to receive emergency use approval in the United States, but officials anticipate vaccinating 100 million Americans by the end of February 2021.