Biden, Needing a Win, Enters a Sprint for His Economic Agenda

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As his poll numbers slide, the president and his aides have mounted an aggressive pitch in Congress and around the country for his spending plans on infrastructure and more. Online-PR: … unsere digitale Pressearbeit im […]

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Big Economic Challenges Await Biden and the Fed This Fall

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Expiring unemployment benefits and the Delta variant add uncertainty to a recovery that has brought strong growth but an unusual labor market. Online-PR: … unsere digitale Pressearbeit im Internet hilft weiter…



N.Y.’s Transit System Could Receive $10 Billion in Infrastructure Deal

The $1 trillion compromise bill worked out this week in the Senate includes billions of dollars for subways, buses and railroads in the metropolitan area.



Fed Unity Cracks as Inflation Rises and Officials Debate Future

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Federal Reserve officials are debating what to do as price risks loom, even as its leaders and the White House say today’s surge will most likely cool.



May 2021 Consumer Price Index Shows Fastest Inflation Since 2008

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The Consumer Price Index showed the strongest year-over-year reading since 2008, and a core index popped the most since 1992.



Biden, Facing July 4 Deadline, Rallies Nation With Vaccination Incentives

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President Biden announced a get-out-the-vote-style plan to meet his goal of partly vaccinating at least 70 percent of Americans by July 4, including offers of free child care, free sports tickets and free beer.



Stimulus Checks Substantially Reduced Hardship, Study Shows

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Researchers found that sharp declines in food shortages, financial instability and anxiety coincided with the two most recent rounds of payments.



Republicans Present $928 Billion Counteroffer to Biden on Infrastructure

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The plan’s total price tag came close to what the president has said he would consider, but it included only a fraction of the new spending he has requested. A compromise faces long odds.