Tag: Inflation

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White House Report Card: Biden’s trying, but nobody’s buying

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2022 1:45 pm

FTC Commissioner Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee nomination hearing on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Big Tech and Big Oil brace for new liberal majority at FTC

Nihal Krishan · May 14, 2022 10:55 am

Bette Midler slammed for ‘try breastfeeding’ tweet amid baby formula shortage

Julia Johnson · May 13, 2022 7:56 pm

Homeless people camping in downtown in Los Angeles.

Rate of wage growth falling as inflation remains high

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Biden’s cure for high gasoline prices? The 2021 infrastructure bill

Jeremy Lott · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Lies, damned lies, and cake

Becket Adams · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Biden gets the worst of both worlds

Varad Mehta · May 13, 2022 3:00 am

Inflation is the top problem facing the public: Poll

Julia Johnson · May 12, 2022 9:25 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Washington. The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to curb the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point.

Senate confirms Powell for second term at Fed amid highest inflation in 40 years

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2022 6:33 pm

WATCH: Rep. Porter says abortion and inflation ‘reinforce each other’

Jenny Goldsberry · May 12, 2022 6:10 pm

Workers clean and salt hides before loading them onto shipping pallets at the Texpac Hide and Skin Ltd. processing plant in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018.

Inflation at 11% in producer index for April, near highest on record

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2022 2:43 pm

This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, N.Y. The Labor Department released its weekly report on applications for unemployment benefits on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Slightly more Americans sought unemployment benefits during the previous week, but the overall levels still remain near historic lows in a positive sign for the job market.

Jobless claims tick up to 203,000, remain near lowest level in decades

Zach Halaschak · May 12, 2022 12:31 pm