There’s been ongoing wrangling between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Senate Republicans over a second round of stimulus payments — which…
Those same experts argue that more fiscal stimulus is desperately needed, but the prospects of passing another aid package before Election Day are bleak. Congressional…
The struggle to reach a deal to revive the paycheck program just weeks before the election is all the more surprising because it’s one of…
Bill Kuchman/POLITICO Illustration President Donald Trump regularly promotes the soaring stock market as a barometer of the economy’s health. But the wealthiest 1 percent of…
The comments from the leading Fed officials were the latest evidence of the central bank’s growing attention to persistent inequality in the economy — a…
Now, millions of struggling voters — including in key swing states — will probably not see any more enhanced unemployment benefits or direct stimulus checks…
The monthly deficit in U.S. goods trade with all other countries set a record high in August at more than $83 billion. Trump has blamed…
“A lot of these are activities that people have been pushing in the past or for a long time are now being touted in the…
“Tax increases are a lot less popular than tax cuts, and yet the candidate who’s looking to increase taxes by $3.5 trillion is the one…
That said, as POLITICO’s unofficial awesomeness correspondent, I regret to report that everything is no longer awesome. As you may have noticed, almost everything kind…