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The Real Debt Crisis Is Low Taxes
Washington’s favorite show, “Debt Ceiling Chicken,” is playing again in the big white theater on Capitol Hill. And once again,…
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The Week in Business: The Debt Limit and Politics
Credit...Giacomo BagnaraWhat’s Up? (Jan. 15-21) The U.S. Hits Its Debt Ceiling The United States hit its borrowing cap of $31.4…
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How the U.S. Government Amassed $31 Trillion in Debt
Two decades of tax cuts, recession responses and bipartisan spending fueled more borrowing — contributing $25 trillion to the total…
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The U.S. Hit Its Debt Limit. What Happens Next?
The Treasury Department has started employing “extraordinary measures,” but the path to raising the debt ceiling is likely to be…
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How Close Is the U.S. to Hitting the Debt Ceiling? How Bad Would That Be?
The United States has a cap on the amount of money it can borrow. That means it can run out…
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Your Tax Refunds May Be Smaller This Year
Credits that were expanded as part of pandemic relief have expired, as has the deduction for donations for people who…
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Workers Are Losing in the Inflation Battle
Memo to staff: We highly value your work for us. However, we are not going to give you raises this…
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Business
The Downsides of Using ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’
Shoppers can quickly get approved for the services, but regulators are concerned that the loans lack important protections.
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Buy Now, Regret Later?
Companies in the “buy now, pay later” business have one message for consumers and a very different one for Wall…
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Inside the Fight to Pay Food Delivery Workers $23 an Hour
App services warn that a proposed wage increase for New York City workers could mean higher delivery costs.