That’s essentially what has happened in the last few decades as China has gone from being isolated to being deeply integrated in the world economy. When the country joined the […]
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Back to news homeA Last-Minute Add to Stimulus Bill Could Restrict State Tax Cuts
WASHINGTON — A last-minute change in the $1.9 trillion economic relief package that President Biden signed into law this week includes a provision that could temporarily prevent states that receive […]
The Relief Bill Will Save Tens of Thousands of Airline and Airport Jobs
The pandemic relief bill that President Biden signed Thursday afternoon will protect tens of thousands of aviation jobs, providing a lifeline to an industry that is likely to struggle for […]
Inflation Fear Lurks, Even as Officials Say Not to Worry
While the Biden administration’s ambitious effort to salve the pandemic’s deep economic wounds made its way through Congress, proponents insisted that funneling $1.9 trillion to American households and businesses wouldn’t […]
Lessons From a Year of Pandemic Spending
“He was suffering,” she said. “But he wasn’t ready to die.”Ms. Smith visited him every other day, sometimes bringing steak sandwiches, pizza and other favorite foods. And she often ate […]
Fed Chair Powell Offered a Patient Message. Markets Quivered Anyway.
Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said he and his colleagues have a “high standard” for what full employment means, underscoring that the central bank is likely […]
Why Market Investors Are Now Troubled by Signs of Surging Growth
Investors had no trouble gliding past the death and economic devastation wrought by the pandemic last year to drive the market to record highs. An increasingly healthy economy is what’s […]
Empty Office Buildings Squeeze City Budgets as Property Values Fall
WASHINGTON — At a meeting with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen last month, Jeff Williams, the mayor of Arlington, Texas, laid out his grim economic predicament: Heavy spending on coronavirus […]
Virus Did Not Bring Financial Rout That Many States Feared
Windfalls for Some StatesIn his survey, Peter DeGroot, head of municipal research and strategy at J.P. Morgan, found a handful of states, including Idaho, South Dakota and New Mexico, that […]
They Were on Equal Footing. Then the Ground Shifted.
“You just got to scrape along and gut it out,” he said. “We’re really struggling to get by.”But in Ms. Arnone’s other field, home appraising, her friends and colleagues are […]