Category - Economy

The Labor Department is going to crack down on abusive contract work.

Consumer spending grew by almost 11 percent in the first quarter.

The $1.8 trillion plan includes generous tax breaks for low income families.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will see their wages go up.

About 75 percent of the jobs in the plan would go to non-college educated voters.

The plan will double funding for public transportation, among other things.

The plan will produce more economic activity than it costs in dollars.

The proposal includes universal pre-school, electric charging stations.

Middle class and low income families will see tax cuts in the plan.

Biden's infrastructure bill could be the end of Trump's trade war.

Private payrolls increased by half as much as economists expected.

Jobless claims are still far above the peak of the Great Recession.

The Biden admin. will call on Congress to pass a large infrastructure bill.

Workers would take home an additional $333 billion per year in wages.

Any concern that a stimulus bill is 'too big' should be dead.

The economy is doing better than expect, but not good enough to avoid chronic unemployment.

The GOP's refusal to pass stimulus last year led to historically bad consumer spending.

China and American shareholders are doing well, but not many others are.

China's economy could overtake our own in the next seven years.

Senate Republicans refuse to act and average working people are paying the price.