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Byline: CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

13 Mar

Government races to reassure US that banking system is safe

published on March 13, 2023 - 2:09 PM

(AP) — Depositors withdrew savings and investors broadly sold off bank shares Monday as the federal government raced to reassure

13 Mar

US government moves to stop potential banking crisis

published on - 10:25 AM

(AP) — The U.S. government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of

15 Apr

US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up

published on April 15, 2020 - 2:18 PM

(AP) — Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the

16 Aug

Weak global growth likely to mean US slowdown, not recession

published on August 16, 2019 - 12:47 PM

(AP) — How fragile is the global economy? The U.S.-China trade war is weakening businesses in both countries, Germany’s economy

21 Feb

Applications for US jobless benefits fell to a low 216,000

published on February 21, 2019 - 12:45 PM

(AP) – Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs declined and hiring is likely strong. The

12 Feb

US job openings jump to record high of 7.3 million

published on February 12, 2019 - 1:08 PM

(AP) – U.S. employers posted the most open jobs in December in the nearly two decades that records have been

01 Feb

A robust job gain in January shows US economy’s durability

published on February 1, 2019 - 12:57 PM

(AP) – U.S. employers shrugged off last month’s partial shutdown of the government and engaged in a burst of hiring

31 Jan

US new home sales jump nearly 17 percent in November

published on January 31, 2019 - 1:32 PM

(AP) – Sales of new U.S. homes soared in November, defying higher mortgage rates. But they’re still below year-ago levels.

18 Jan

Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown

published on January 18, 2019 - 2:00 PM

America’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International, is a blur of activity on the best of days. But an extra layer

16 Jan

From travel to IPOs, how shutdown is upsetting US economy

published on January 16, 2019 - 11:57 AM

(AP) – Delta Air Lines can’t get eight new aircraft in the air. Roughly a million government employees and contractors