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The rising national debt is eroding American wages

Richard Stern and Frank Anstett, Tribune News Service In almost every election cycle, politicians toot their own horn when it comes to rising wages, pointing to higher paychecks as...

Affordability

Why we’re mired in an 'affordability crisis'

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell famously described the high inflation that had just started dragging down US consumers in July 2021 as “transitory.” His word choice suggested that elevated...

Trump's economic math simply doesn’t add up

At a White House event on Nov.6 announcing price cuts for those blockbuster weight-loss drugs, Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz made an astonishing claim. Because the price cuts...

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US grants Hungary exemption on Russian oil sanctions

The United States has granted Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions for using Russian oil and gas, a White House official said on Friday, after Hungarian Prime Minister...

Fed’s Waller calls for rate cut as hawks press for policy pause

A clutch of Federal Reserve bank presidents aired their discomfort with the US central bank’s decision to cut interest rates this week, even as influential Fed Governor Christopher Waller...