Major League Baseball, the National Pasttime, was able to salvage something of a season in 2020 despite COVID-19, but the pandemic prevented most of the fans from attending live games. Now, in 2021, with encouraging vaccine numbers in the U.S., teams like the Boston Red Sox are welcoming back their fans to stadiums. Cheddar stopped by the oldest ballpark still in operation in the MLB, Fenway Park, to see how the return to some semblance of normalcy was going.
Stocks opened in a positive session as the market is on pace for a 14th straight day of gains that would tie it for the longest winning streak. This follows the Federal Reserve's decision to raise rates.
The Federal Reserve's decision Wednesday to raise its benchmark rate for the 11th time, by a quarter-point, could once again send ripple effects across the economy.