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By Brian Faler, Bloomberg |
March 21, 2013
Congress gave final approval to legislation to avert a partial government shutdown in a rare example of bipartisan cooperation on federal spending.
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By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
March 20, 2013
The Senate adopted an amendment to a spending bill that would avoid furloughing U.S. meat inspectors as part of budget cuts, lowering the risk of disrupting plants run by companies including Tyson Foods Co.
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By Roger Runningen, Bloomberg |
March 15, 2013
President Barack Obama, in an annual economic message to Congress, said the “top priority” of his second term is job creation, fueled by an effort to make the U.S. a magnet for manufacturing.
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By Brian Faler, Bloomberg |
March 12, 2013
U.S. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan today unveiled a revised tax-and-spending proposal that he says would eliminate the deficit within a decade by cutting $4.6 trillion out of a vast swath of federal expenditures.
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By Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 18, 2013
House Republicans plan to vote next week on a three-month extension of U.S. borrowing authority in an effort to force the Democratic-led Senate to adopt a budget plan.
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By Jeff Greenblatt |
January 6, 2013
We avoided the fiscal cliff, but critical technicals and some important anniversaries suggest a shift may be at hand.
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By Mike Dorning, Bloomberg |
January 4, 2013
Fresh from one budget fight, President Barack Obama and Congress are heading for an even bigger confrontation over raising the nation’s debt limit.
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By Roxana Tiron and Hans Nichols, Bloomberg |
December 18, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner said he will push a budget “plan B” measure that would include tax increases on income of more than $1 million, while continuing to negotiate with President Barack Obama.
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By Ian Katz |
December 3, 2012
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's pragmatism amid the most recent financial crisis may offer clues to the solution that will ostensibly avoid the looming fiscal cliff.
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By Inyoung Hwang and Michael P. Regan, Bloomberg |
October 12, 2012
U.S. stocks erased an early rally as Wells Fargo & Co.’s shrinking profit margin and weakness in European markets overshadowed a jump in consumer confidence to the highest level since the recession started.
