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Tag: United States Economy
Food Prices Approach Record Highs, Threatening the World’s Poorest
The prices have climbed to their highest level since 2011, according to a U.N. index. It could cause social unrest “on a widespread scale,” one expert said.
Part-Time Work During a Labor Shortage
A tight job market is unlikely to reverse inequality.
Prices and Ire, Rising
Inflation is up, and Americans are mad. But it’s not a simple story.
Personal Profit in Congress
Some members of Congress have strangely good timing when it comes to stock investments.
Biden Looks to Intel’s U.S. Investment to Buoy His China Agenda
The president said passage of a China competition bill was needed “for the sake of our economic competitiveness and our national security.”
Supply Chain Woes Could Worsen as China Imposes Covid Lockdowns
American manufacturers are worried that China’s zero-tolerance coronavirus policy could throw a wrench in the global conveyor belt for goods this year.
Holding Pundits Accountable for Covid and Inflation
Writers and experts should be transparent about what they got wrong.
U.S. Effort to Combat Forced Labor Targets Corporate China Ties
The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China.
Biden’s China Dilemma: How to Enforce Trump’s Trade Deal
The Biden administration must decide whether to enforce a Trump-era trade deal that has not fulfilled its promise.