Budget Battles
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How Congress Cheats with Our Money — and How We Can Stop It
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April Is Financial Literacy Month. Someone Tell Congress.
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When the Budget Won’t Balance, Just Get Rid of the Budget Committee?
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With Recent Laws, Congress Has Added $540 Billion to the 2019 Deficit
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Why Trillion-Dollar Deficits Matter
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Paul Ryan's Fiscal Legacy: Lots of Red Ink
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Why Almost No One Is Happy About This Week's Balanced Budget Amendment Vote
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Bannon Is Out, but Economic Nationalism Still Thrives at the White House
By Linette Lopez, Business InsiderJust because Steve Bannon is out of the White House, doesn't mean that his ideas are gone — especially when it comes to economics.
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More Good News on Jobs Gives the Fed a Green Light to Start Unwinding
By Lucia Mutikani, ReutersThe number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a six-month low last week, pointing to a further tightening in the labor market that could encourage the Federal Reserve to lay...
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The Walls Are Closing In as Allies Abandon Trump
By Rob GarverThings have looked grim for Donald Trump’s future more than once in his relatively brief career as a politician. But on Wednesday, the cracks in the edifice of his public standing were really...
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Household Debt in the US Just Hit an All-Time High
By Jonathan Spicer, ReutersAmericans' debt level notched another record high in the second quarter, after having earlier in the year surpassed its pre-crisis peak, on the back of modest rises in mortgage, auto and credit card...
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Trump Is Headed for a Collision With the Auto Industry as NAFTA Talks Loom
By David Lawder, ReutersThe Trump administration has set a collision course with the auto industry as it launches renegotiations of the 23-year-old NAFTA trade pact this week, aiming to shrink a growing trade deficit with...
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Here’s Why Trump Deserves Credit for the Stock Market Surge
By Liz PeekAs of Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had scored record highs for nine days in a row; the gains are driving anti-Trumpers crazy. Though the president’s boasts are not always accurate,...
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Are You Rich? Tax Reform May Answer That Question for You
By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBCWhether to raise taxes on the rich is one of the thorniest issues in tax reform. Underlying that debate is an even more fundamental question: Who exactly qualifies as wealthy? Everyone can agree that...
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A New Report Shows Why The 10-Year Jobs Crisis Is Effectively Over
A new report by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution has good news: "With [yesterday's] employment report, we can report that the national jobs gap relative to November 2007 has closed (...
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Is Wage Growth Finally Coming for American Workers?
By Jeff Cox, CNBCWage growth has been the missing link throughout a period that has produced more than 18.5 million new jobs, including 209,000 in July. But Amy Glaser, who helps run Adecco Staffing, believes the...
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Trump May Be in a Legislative Slump, but His Energy Agenda Is Getting Lots of Hits
By Tom DiChristopher, CNBCPresident Donald Trump may be fuming over Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, but he can certainly take solace in the GOP's swift overhaul of the Obama administration's energy and...
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Why Trump’s Boost to Military Spending May Not Deliver ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’
By Ciro ScottiThe candidacy of Donald Trump was built in large part on creating American jobs, but the biggest boost in his 2018 budget is for defense, and a new study argues that spending on arms is not as...
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Trump’s Rosy GDP Projection Masks Larger Economic Growth Concerns
By Eric PianinPresident Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget plan calling for a major defense buildup, a huge tax cut and the gradual elimination of the deficit is all premised on a projected economic growth of three...
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Hurricane Season Could Be Costly for Homeowners This Year: Here’s How to Protect Yourself
By Darla Mercado, CNBCIt's looking like a busy season for hurricanes — and homeowners. Prime time for these big storms along the Atlantic coast kicks off on June 1 and runs until Nov. 30. Related: 12 Tax Breaks Every...
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Stocks Are Rallying Again. Why That May Not Last
The bulls are running again. Last Wednesday, spooked by a stream of negative headlines regarding the Trump White House and rising impeachment odds, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.8 percent...
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Your ATM Is About to Get Smarter, Faster and More Generous
By Ciro ScottiAthough the ATM is an almost 50-year-old technology and paper money is being replaced by other payment methods, banks are rushing to upgrade their cash machines.
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