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Infrastructure plan has positives and negatives for GDP
Apr 8, 2021
Infrastructure adds to gross domestic product, but interest rates can take away from it.
Britain cuts foreign aid to help pay the cost of COVID-19
Jan 11, 2021
The decision to reduce overseas aid during the nation's economic contraction has provoked outrage, but it has also drawn support .
Biden faces economic obstacles beyond the pandemic's burdens
by
David Brancaccio
, Erika Soderstrom
and Daniel Shin
Dec 29, 2020
The list includes dwindling trust funds for Social Security and Medicare and potential bubbles in the housing and stock markets.
Even with a vaccine, global economic recovery will be starkly uneven — OECD
Dec 1, 2020
OECD chief economist Laurence Boone says governments must double down on providing support to avoid "scarring effects."
Republicans propose funding cuts to OSHA during pandemic
Nov 11, 2020
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it has received more than 10,000 COVID-related complaints.
U.S. debt is hitting historic heights. How much of a problem is that?
Sep 3, 2020
The last time the deficit was this high, as a percentage of the total economy, was 1946.
Which businesses should governments bail out during COVID-19?
May 21, 2020
The speed at which governments are having to decide which companies to offer assistance to has echoes of the 2008 financial crisis.
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Why the Chamber of Commerce is making a case for bipartisanship
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 14, 2019
The Chamber of Commerce wants lawmakers to end the shutdown. And to do it, they'll need to reach across the aisle.
Paying lip service to the deficit
Nov 8, 2018
Politicians have been pretty quiet lately about the $800 billion budget deficit. That's about to change.
How much U.S. debt is too much?
Oct 16, 2018
Balancing the federal budget is a bigger deal for politicians than economists.