Joseph Lawler

Economy

Mick Mulvaney’s CBO criticism ‘unacceptable,’ Democrats charge

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June 1, 2017 6:54 pm

The stress tests involve projecting how banks' balance sheets would hold up in a hypothetical financial crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Economy

Bank stress tests coming in late June, Fed says

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June 1, 2017 6:27 pm

At 96 months in duration, the recovery is already significantly longer than the postwar average of 58.4 months. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Economy

Economic recovery hits eight-year mark, with no end in sight

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June 1, 2017 2:57 pm

Private-sector forecasters had expected jobless claims to nudge up from 234,000 the week before to 239,000. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Economy

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

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June 1, 2017 12:31 pm

Budget director says the debt ceiling is like a

Economy

Mulvaney favors attaching spending reforms to increase in debt ceiling

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May 31, 2017 10:11 pm

Seven of the 10 years that saw the most pages published in the Federal Register were during Obama's tenure. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Economy

New rules surged in Obama’s last year to 3,853, most pages in Federal Register ever

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May 31, 2017 9:00 am

The top Democrat asked if treasury has examined if any Trump Organization business ties run afoul of sanctions, anti-corruption or anti-money laundering rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Sherrod Brown presses Treasury for list of Trump ties to Russia

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May 30, 2017 8:13 pm

Low inflation, high corporate borrowing and

Economy

Fed governor: No ‘flashing red’ signs of financial bubbles

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May 30, 2017 5:51 pm

Economists in the private sector had expected inflation to cool to a 1.7 percent annual rate. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Economy

Inflation slowed to 1.7 percent in April in Fed’s favored statistic

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May 30, 2017 12:32 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Economy

Senate Republicans have no answer to the trickiest question on tax reform

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May 30, 2017 4:01 am

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Mick Mulvaney’s CBO criticism ‘unacceptable,’ Democrats charge

Bank stress tests coming in late June, Fed says

Economic recovery hits eight-year mark, with no end in sight

Unemployment benefits running at lowest levels in 43 years

Mulvaney favors attaching spending reforms to increase in debt ceiling

New rules surged in Obama’s last year to 3,853, most pages in Federal Register ever

Sherrod Brown presses Treasury for list of Trump ties to Russia

Fed governor: No ‘flashing red’ signs of financial bubbles

Inflation slowed to 1.7 percent in April in Fed’s favored statistic

Senate Republicans have no answer to the trickiest question on tax reform

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