Tag: economic
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Voters repelled by election denial and overturning Roe — and drawn to economic proposals
Voters are far less likely to back candidates who say former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election or who support the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and they are more likely to support a candidate who they feel is working to address high costs, according to the latest national NBC News poll. With…
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Young men’s economic prospects are shifting, along with their politics
For David Tasker, an 18-year-old construction worker in Pennsylvania, his top financial priorities are having enough money for gas, dining out and spending on his girlfriend while living at home with his parents. But he worries about the rising prices he’s seen during his teen years as he’s emerged into an economy experiencing decades-high inflation.…
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China’s economic woes give its markets a week to forget, and its public little cause for optimism
BEIJING — A wave of optimism swept Chinese markets recently when Beijing announced a stimulus package many hoped would pave the way for a wave of investment to help fuel a recovery for the world’s second-largest economy. Traders rushed to buy Chinese stocks, sending the top Shanghai and Hong Kong indexes soaring. But the measures…
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Trump says big companies have ‘raped our country’ in economic speech
Former President Donald Trump said during an economic address Thursday that the United States has allowed “big companies” to “come in and raid and rape our country.” “‘Oh, he used the word rape.’ That’s right. I used the word rape,” Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club after his remarks were met with what sounded…
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Kamala Harris talks up McDonald’s gig in criticizing Trump’s economic plans
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday again confirmed that she once worked at McDonald’s, pushing back against former President Donald Trump who has repeatedly claimed she never worked there. During an interview with Stephanie Ruhle, the MSNBC anchor said, “I just want to ask you, yes or no: At any point in your…
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Harris to flesh out her economic vision in Pittsburgh, pitching ‘pragmatic’ approach
PITTSBURGH — Kamala Harris plans to flesh out her economic vision Wednesday in what her campaign is billing as a “major speech” in battleground Pennsylvania, with the goal of chipping away at Donald Trump’s advantage among voters on the issue. The speech will tie together various themes of the Harris campaign, including her own biography…
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China’s youth unemployment hits fresh high amid economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies
China’s youth unemployment rate in August rose to the highest level since the new system of record-keeping began in December, driven by an economic slowdown and restrictive hiring policies, according to analysts. The jobless rate for people in China ages 16 to 24, and not in school, rose to 18.8% last month, data from the National…
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Heavily indebted Sri Lanka votes in election to decide economic future
Millions of Sri Lankans were casting their votes on Saturday to elect a president who will face the task of bolstering the South Asian country’s fragile economic recovery following its worst financial crisis in decades. More than 17 million of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people are eligible to vote in an election that has shaped up to…