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Epicenter of Bidenomics will show if ‘growth, growth, growth’ or inflation matters more to voters in presidential election

Places like Chatham County show how this year’s presidential campaign offers two conflicting visions for America's economic future.

26.05.2024 50

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Josh Boak

Many voters remember a solid Donald Trump economy but is that reality?

Americans are more likely to say that as president, Trump helped the country with job creation and cost of living.

20.05.2024 90

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‘Stay tuned’: White House hints it will hit Chinese EVs with even higher tariffs if they’re made in Mexico

President Joe Biden on Tuesday directed the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to impose a total tariff in excess of 102% on Chinese EVs.

14.05.2024 40

Fortune

Josh Boak

Biden administration makes increased China tariffs official, slapping 102.5% taxes on EVs and 50% duties on solar cells and chips

The tariffs come in the middle of a heated campaign between President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.

14.05.2024 40

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel should get out of Gaza and ‘acted in ways that are not consistent’ with international law

Israel's conduct of the war has put the country “on the trajectory, potentially, to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas left or, if it...

13.05.2024 40

Fortune

Josh Boak

Trump’s $4 trillion of tax cuts loom over the election

“President Biden is trying to have it both ways,” said the Manhattan Institute's Brian Riedl, noting that he doesn't want to let Trump's tax cuts...

10.05.2024 10

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Biden administration agrees to provide $6.1bn for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory chips in New York and Idaho

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., personally courted Micron to build what would ultimately be a set of four chip factories near Syracuse...

18.04.2024 10

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Biden administration will provide up to $6.4bn in direct funding for Samsung to develop Texas chip manufacturing and research cluster

The funding announced Monday by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment in the cluster that, with private money, is expected to exceed...

15.04.2024 10

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Biden and Trump tout very different tax policies—and personal wealth—as Tax Day arrives

Biden is proud to say that he was largely without money for much of his decades-long career in public service, unlike Trump, who inherited hundreds of...

15.04.2024 10

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Prices may be cooling but ‘shelter inflation’ is still causing big voter frustration with the economy: ‘The housing affordability challenge is the worst I’ve ever seen’

The United States is slogging through a housing affordability crisis that was decades in the making.

15.03.2024 10

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Biden opposes plans to sell U.S. Steel to Japanese company Nippon

Donald Trump also said earlier this year after meeting with the Teamsters union that he would stop the U.S. Steel acquisition.

14.03.2024 8

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Biden’s 2025 budget proposal offers tax breaks for families, health care cost cuts and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations

It would raise tax revenues by a total of $4.9 trillion over that period and use roughly $1.9 trillion to fund various programs, with the rest going...

12.03.2024 10

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Biden’s plan to cut $3 trillion from the national debt: Soak billionaires and corporations with tax increases

Billionaires would need to pay a minimum of 25% in federal taxes on their income and people earning over $400,000 would pay higher Medicare taxes.

07.03.2024 70

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About 60% of U.S. adults question Biden's mental capacity to serve as president—and it's the same for Trump

Just 38% of U.S. adults approve of how Biden is handling his job as president.

04.03.2024 10

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The Chip Wars bang on: GlobalFoundries scores $1.5 billion to fund expansion in New York, Vermont

The chipmaker is the latest to see a funding infusion as part of Biden's CHIPS and Science Act.

20.02.2024 100

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Booming stocks and cooling inflation have convinced 35% of Americans the economy is going well

The new poll puts Biden's approval rating at 38%, which is roughly where that number has stood for most of the past two years.

01.02.2024 6

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Leading semiconductor supplier receives $162M funding from Biden administration

The investments would enable Microchip Technology to triple its domestic production.

04.01.2024 10

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New Hampshire military contractor becomes first plant to get CHIPS funding as U.S. steps up its manufacturing war with China

BAE Systems will get $35 million to boost production at a New Hampshire factory making chips for military aircraft, including F-15 and F-35 jets.

12.12.2023 20

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Biden’s economy looks solid but voters are still not feeling 'Bidenomics' as they head into 2024 election season

Pollsters and economists say there has never been as wide a gap between the underlying health of the economy and public perception.

11.12.2023 10

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