by Hannah Webster | Oct 8, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs in September, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. The report dramatically surpassed economists’ projections; the Dow Jones consensus forecast, for instance, predicted a gain of only...
by Erica Schmitt | Oct 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics
In this first episode of Point by Point, a new podcast by the Medill News Service, we dive into one of the top issues on voters’ minds: inflation. We examine how Donald Trump and Kamala Harris plan to tackle rising prices and what their policies could mean for...
by Clare Zhang | Mar 8, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — At Thursday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for higher taxation on the wealthy, tax credits for ordinary Americans and eliminating deceptive pricing for consumers. “Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits,...
by Jonah Elkowitz | Feb 8, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Senators voiced fierce opposition over the state of the U.S. economy on Thursday during a hearing to examine the results of the Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report, released in December. The report highlighted how...
by Clare Zhang | Jan 17, 2024 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Strong economic performance, including solid retail sales growth, signals a good likelihood that the Federal Reserve board will cut interest rates this year, Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher Waller said Tuesday. In the fourth quarter of 2023,...
