U.S. Economy

Trump budget would spike deficits by nearly 5 times Harris proposal, says Penn Wharton
Former President Donald Trump’s economic proposals would increase federal deficits by $5.8 trillion over the next decade, almost five times more than those of Vice President Kamala Harris, which would add $1.2 trillion, according to a new pair of studies from the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model. The Trump report found that his plan to […]
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Watch live: Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks from Jackson Hole conference
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his keynote speech Friday morning at the central bank’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Powell was widely expected to chart a path forward […]
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How China became the leading car supplier to Mexico and what it means for the U.S.
Blocked from the U.S. by tariffs, Chinese electric vehicle makers have looked elsewhere to sell their high-tech cars. But as Mexico has emerged as a hot spot for Chinese EVs, Washington officials worry the country may be used as a “backdoor” to the U.S. market. Last year, China was the leading car supplier to Mexico, […]
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Treasury yields rise as traders await Powell remarks
The U.S. 10-year Treasury rose on Thursday as investors looked ahead to remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed more than 5 basis points at 3.835%, while the yield on the 2-year Treasury added roughly 5 basis point higher at 3.976%. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. […]
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Bernie Sanders outlines policy agenda more liberal than Harris’ plan. That could help her
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., spent his primetime appearance at Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention laying out his own policy priorities — even ones that he knows diverge from Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign platform. “We need to join the rest of the industrialized world and guarantee health care to all people as a human right, […]
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