Economy

According to the U.S. Census, there are over 17,000 Indians in St. Louis and St. Louis County. Many of them arrived to pursue a higher education or take a new job. People from India say St. Louis reminds them of home and makes them want to stay.

“The sectors of the economy where people are borrowing money, those are the sectors that have seen the most immediate effects of these interest rate increases,” said a local economist.

The University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute is projecting a trip to the grocery store will cost 5% more in 2022 compared to last year.

Restaurants and businesses in St. Louis and St. Louis County are now allowed to operate without curfews and host customers at full capacity as long as people continue to social distance and wear face masks inside.

With new cases of COVID-19 in the St. Louis area moderately declining in recent weeks, St. Louis County officials have opted to ease restrictions on restaurants and bars.

Nearly all businesses in Illinois are now able to open more than two months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s initial stay-at-home order to slow the spread of…

Sarah Young’s salon in Creve Coeur sat empty for almost two months. But this week, after stay-at-home orders were lifted, she reopened her booth at Sola…

Rolla ended its stay-at-home order earlier this month, but two weeks into the reopening of the economy with restrictions, the situation is getting mixed…

Bars and restaurants in St. Louis and St. Louis County will be among the first wave of businesses allowed to reopen their doors to customers on Monday,…

Collinsville’s marijuana dispensary is offering the city some insulation from economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The city can depend on…