Trenton lawmakers have acted before to curb soaring hospital and health care costs, to no avail. A new bill attempts to add teeth to those efforts.
Eggs are displayed for sale in a Manhattan grocery store on Feb. 25, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/TNS)
Más de 180.000 hogares están en las listas de espera de la ciudad y el condado de San Diego para recibir asistencia para el alquiler. Ya tienen que esperar un promedio de 15 años antes de recibir un vale de la Sección 8. Y ahora, las propuestas del Congreso para recortar la financiación de los vales de vivienda corren el riesgo de retrasar aún más los esfuerzos para combatir la crisis de ...
Target is expecting a tough year with little growth as consumers continue to be stressed from higher prices across their budgets. The new tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods, plus a doubling of the tariff on goods from China, will add cost to the supply chain. CEO Brian Cornell said on CNBC he expects fruits and vegetable prices to be higher in days, even though the Minneapolis-based ...
U.S. factory activity last month edged closer to stagnation as orders and employment contracted, while a gauge of prices paid for materials surged to the highest since June 2022 as tariff concerns mounted. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index slipped by 0.6 point in February to 50.3, according to data released Monday. Readings above 50 indicate growth. The group’s price ...
Shops and markets in central Tehran, usually teeming with customers ahead of the Persian New Year, now barely see any buyers, a sombre reflection of the dire state of the Iranian economy.
Eurozone inflation edged down slightly in February to 2.4 percent, reversing a four-month upward trend thanks to a slowdown in energy price increases, official data showed on Monday.
The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again this week in a bid to boost the floundering eurozone economy, even as debate heats up about when to hit pause.
Two polls signaled that President Donald Trump risks putting off Americans worried about the economy and inflation with the broad flurry of measures during his first weeks in office. While about 80% of adults surveyed said Trump should home in on the economy and inflation, they said they believed his top priorities were the U.S.-Mexico border, his effort to slim the federal workforce and ...
Iran's parliament sacked the country's finance minister on Sunday after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state television reported.