Sarah Payton and Cindy Keller’s parents have owned the Nashville BP since 1999, but these days, it’s not business as usual.
The past several months ushered in unprecedented changes in economic activity. By the end of May, roughly one in four workers were unemployed and many sectors of American commerce ground to a virtual stop. The previous high of unemployment was registered at 25.5 percent in the summer of 1933, the depths of the Great Depression. While our data may soon eclipse that level, our economic conditions are far better.