Tag: U.S. government
Government shutdown threatens to stall the recovery in the IPO market
NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. government shutdown is waving a caution flag at private companies racing to make the move to the public...
Economist: After high inflation, debt may hold back momentum
Inflation may have cooled in recent months, but households in Rhode Island and beyond continue to feel the aftereffects.
Thomas Tzitzouris, head of fixed income...
Inflation slowed further in December as an economic ‘soft landing’ moves...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to...
Fitch downgrades U.S. credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions
WASHINGTON (AP) – Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United States government's credit rating, citing rising debt at the federal, state, and local levels and...
Chinese hackers breached State Dept., Raimondo’s email on eve of Blinken...
WASHINGTON (AP) – State-backed Chinese hackers foiled Microsoft's cloud-based security in hacking the email accounts of officials at multiple U.S. agencies that deal with...
Brown part of $5M in federal funding for safe injection site...
NEW YORK (AP) – For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by...
Retail sales jump as Americans defy inflation and rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) – America's consumers rebounded last month from a weak holiday shopping season by boosting their spending at stores and restaurants at the...
U.S. inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures reemerge
WASHINGTON (AP) – The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January, the latest sign that the high inflation that has gripped Americans...
Lots of sound and fury on U.S. debt, but not a...
WASHINGTON (AP) – For all the sound and fury about raising the nation's debt limit, most economists say federal borrowing is not at a...
Wholesale inflation in U.S. further slowed in November to 7.4%
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale prices in the United States rose 7.4% in November from a year earlier, a fifth straight slowdown and a hopeful...
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