Tag: Economy
Biden aims for quicker shots, ‘independence from this virus’
WASHINGTON — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address...
For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
<p>BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has...
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
BALTIMORE — To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest...
UK GDP shrinks 2.9% amid COVID lockdown; Brexit cuts exports
<p>LONDON — The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed...
COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of...
US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production
<p>President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine...
For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has...
AP-NORC poll: People of color bear COVID-19’s economic brunt
<p>NEW YORK — A year ago, Elvia Banuelos’ life was looking up. The 39-year-old mother of two young children said she felt confident about...
UK GDP shrinks 2.9% amid COVID lockdown; Brexit cuts exports
LONDON — The British economy shrank 2.9% in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus restrictions and Brexit slashed...
Erdogan pledges measures to lift economy, tame inflation
<p>ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday outlined a series measures that he said would lift the country's economy, and pledged to...