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U. S. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan contributes to high inflation but it isn’t expected to overheat the economy, a new research paper from the San Francisco Federal Reserve concludes. The package signed into law in March included stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits, small business loans, aid …

Another month of slow hiring forced White House officials to admit that the recovery is lagging expectations, and that inflation and worker shortages could continue into 2022.Administration officials are planning to highlight whatever bright spots they can find, such as rising wages and the pace of economic growth, and use …

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed her call for Congress to raise the US debt ceiling through a bipartisan move in Congress, with the federal government’s ability to borrow imminently running out. Such a move would not raise government spending or pave the way for future spending, she said in …

The United States Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, is warning against partisan disagreements over the huge infrastructure investment plan, proposed by President Joe Biden. A copy of Yellen’s remarks was obtained earlier today by CNBC, ahead of a speech that she will give on Wednesday in Atlanta. Yellen reportedly …

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is working to avoid default after Congress failed to extend the suspension of the debt ceiling. Yellen told Congress that the department is taking extra steps to ensure this, expressing in a written letter to lawmakers that resolving the issue would be the better choice. …

The United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that the proposals of President Joe Biden to raise corporate tax rates would be fair for the country and would push more companies to invest in the American economy, by abolishing incentives shifting investments and profit abroad. The new tax …

U.S. President Joe Biden opened the door on Wednesday for negotiations about the tax increases necessary to finance his proposed $2.25 plan for developing infrastructure. However, Biden once again pointed to the competition between the United States and China on the global stage, urging support for what he says are …

Twitter and Facebook have temporarily suspended the accounts of US President Donald Trump, as tech giants scrambled to counter his unfounded claims about the presidential election, amid riots in Washington D.C. Twitter withheld Trump’s three tweets and requested that they be deleted “as a result of the continuing and unprecedented …

Congress has resumed the electoral counting process to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, hours after crowds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House members will quickly resume counting the votes to confirm the outcome of the presidential elections after securing the …

Former Vice President of the United States and the Democratic Party’s Candidate for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections, Joe Biden, announced that he has chosen Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Harris, the first Black woman to be nominated for the Vice President position by a major political party …