The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says the U.S. economy is on track to grow at the fastest pace in nearly four decades this year, thanks to unprecedented levels of government stimulus and increased vaccination rates.
The OECD says gross domestic product – the broadest measure of goods and services produced by a nation – will grow 6.9% in 2021, the biggest increase since 1984.
Carnival Corporation's flagship cruise line has been given the green light by the CDC to begin sailing from three U.S. ports. Carnival says it will focus on the Port of Galveston in Texas as well as Port Miami and Port Canaveral in Florida for its return. Its Carnival Horizon ship, leaving from Miami, and the Carnival Vista and Breeze ships, leaving from Galveston, will be the first to carry passengers next month, but it did not announce exactly when the ships would set sail.
