Merz’s Coalition on Edge Ahead of Crunch German Pension Vote
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ruling coalition with the Social Democrats faces a key vote in parliament on Friday that…
GOP’s Shutdown Win Tees Up Health Care as Key Midterm Issue
Republicans, fresh off their US government shutdown victory, now face the task of sorting a health-care mess that…
Shutdown Politics Left Healthcare Mess Intact
The strangest thing about the recent shutdown fight in Congress is that a quarrel ostensibly about health-care subsidies…
US Health Care Premium Spikes to Squeeze Main Street Businesses
Gladys Harrison, owner of Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering, was already struggling to cover rising food prices for…
Health Insurers Sink as Hopes of Subsidy Extension Recede
Shares of US health-care insurers and hospitals are falling Monday as lawmakers draw closer to ending the longest…
US Consumer Sentiment Declines to Near Lowest on Record
US consumer sentiment tumbled to near the lowest on record as the government shutdown weighed on the economic…
October Price Data Unlikely to Be Released, White House Says
The US government will probably be unable to release inflation data for October, the White House said Friday,…
How the Fight Over Obamacare Is Driving the Government Shutdown
As the government shutdown heads into its third week tomorrow, we thought it was time to explain what…
Trump Economist Faces Uphill Battle to Slash Rates Using Neutral
I’m Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston, and today we’re looking at the debate over the “neutral”…
Warren Questions Bessent on Argentina ‘Bailout’ as Milei Waits
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts wrote to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent seeking more information about the Trump administration’s…
Why Germany’s €500 Billion Infrastructure Fund Risks Falling Short
In September 2024, a railway bridge in Dresden spectacularly collapsed into the Elbe River, highlighting Germany’s desperate need…
Healthcare Can Be Saved With a Government Shutdown
A lot of Democratic voters are looking for a fight, and a lot of Democratic politicians are looking…