Tag: Elizabeth Warren
Powell says Fed ‘well positioned’ for the ‘risks and uncertainties’ that...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve is prepared to keep its key interest rate unchanged for now as inflation remains elevated and the job...
This is what a soft landing should look like
What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, people were worried that the economy was too hot. But then – in...
U.S. inflation has steadily cooled. Getting it down to the Fed’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Over the past year, inflation in the United States has tumbled from 9% all the way to 3%, softening most of...
As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect
WASHINGTON (AP) – Niara Thompson couldn't shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe Biden's student debt cancellation. As she listened from...
Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds
NEW YORK (AP) – Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according to a report...
Trump-backed Diehl to take on Healey in Mass. governor race
BOSTON (AP) – Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor over...
Buttigieg outpacing candidates in R.I. fundraising
PROVIDENCE – The presidential hopeful that has raised the most in Rhode Island as of Nov. 30 is South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg,...
Tax the wealthy and their charities will suffer
America’s corporate economy has long been divided between a taxed, for-profit sector and a non-taxed, not-for-profit sector. This division has significant implications for tax...
Americans won’t pay carbon taxes
Much has been made of the willingness of Democratic presidential candidates to risk taking positions that aren’t popular with voters at large in order...
The misguided war against corporate profits
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., relishes the disdain of America’s business elite, proudly displaying on his campaign website his anti-endorsements from corporate titans and their...