Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra spoke about banking regulations at a National Community Reinvestment Coalition economic conference. Topics included the history of …
"You had my back in 2020, and because of you, I am standing here as Ppresident of the United States of America," said President Biden at the start of his remarks at the 2024 North America's Building Trades Unions' conference. ... He touched on growth in the economy, infrastructure investment, and job creation, those of former President Trump.
House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) was one of several speakers who discussed the importance of the digital payment economy.
President Biden announced a new initiative aimed at training young people for higher-skilled jobs in the clean energy economy. ... He also announced new federal grants to bring more solar powered energy to homes across the U.S.
"Scranton values or Mar-a-Lago values, these are the competing visions for our economy," President Joe Biden told voters while campaigning in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
"Let me begin with the bottom line … the economy is performing well, and the near-term prospects are good," said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, during remarks at an event hosted by the National Economists Club (NEC). He highlighted several factors to support an optimistic view of the economy, such as decreasing inflation and consumer confidence, but pointed out several factors that could pose risks, like oil prices and the country's current financial situation.
Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel testified before the House Budget Committee on the U.S. budgetary and economic outlook. ... Regarding the economy, Mr.
The president said, "Care workers and caregivers are critical to our families and to the entire economy." His plans to improve the caretaking economy include guaranteed affordable childcare, expanding the child tax care credit, and creating a paid national family and medical leave program.
Aarti Holla-Maini, director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, spoke about the space economy and the growing role of public-private partnerships.
He said that economic activity expanded at a strong pace over the past year, with inflation lowering, unemployment at a fifty-year low, and the U.S. economy performing better than most other countries' economies. He also said the interest rate policy of 5.25-5.5% had probably reached its peak and that lowering it would happen at some time within the year if the economy continued to be strong.
Cardin (D-MD) introduces bill to have the federal government pay for the entire cost of rebuilding the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, President Biden talks about supporting what he calls the 'care economy', National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan takes reporters' questions about the next steps in the war between Israel and Hamas, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies in favor of more U.S. aid to Ukraine, and Japanese Prime Minister Kushida Fumio begins his official visit to the U.S. with a stop at the U.S.
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, and others discussed international trade relations, supply chains, and U.S. leadership in the global economy at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.