Tag: economic policies

[PREMIERING NOW] New Polls Show Americans Will Sacrifice to Break From the CCP

For years, U.S. consumers have been unknowingly funding the rise of America’s chief strategic threat. Now Americans are on alert and eager to fight back—to save their families, communities, and country. What’s needed now is U.S. leadership as determined as Americans are to decouple the land of liberty from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In…


IRS Chief Reveals Hiring Plan for Armed Agents

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel on Thursday provided details about plans to hire armed agents in the agency’s criminal investigations division, amid Republican concerns about a proliferation of gun-toting tax enforcers. Werfel said in a call with reporters that the share of staff working in the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) unit would not climb above the…


[PREMIERING at 10AM ET] New Polls Show Americans Will Sacrifice to Break From the CCP

For years, U.S. consumers have been unknowingly funding the rise of America’s chief strategic threat. Now Americans are on alert and eager to fight back—to save their families, communities, and country. What’s needed now is U.S. leadership as determined as Americans are to decouple the land of liberty from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In…


Fed Should Stick to Raising Rates While Labor Market Strong, Bullard Says

The Federal Reserve should stick to raising interest rates to lower inflation while the labor market remains strong, given the high probability recent financial stresses will continue to abate and absent a marked tightening of credit conditions, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Thursday. “We’ve got a long ways to go and I…


Asian Stocks Rise Ahead of US Job Market Update

BEIJING—Asian stock markets rose Friday ahead of a United States job market update that traders hope will encourage the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. Shanghai, Tokyo, and Seoul advanced. New York, London, and Frankfurt were closed for the Good Friday holiday. Traders who worry higher interest rates might tip…


Major Australian Bank Starts Cutting Cash Services At Branches

One major Australian bank has begun phasing out cash transactions at a number of its branches saying it is keeping up with the changing behaviour of customers. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)—one of Australia’s “Big Four”—revealed it would begin removing cash withdrawals and deposit services on March 30. Customers will only be allowed…


Biden Vetoes Joint Resolution Against His Water Rule

President Joe Biden has vetoed a joint resolution from the House and Senate that would have repealed his Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, delivering what could be a fatal blow to that specific challenge to his environmental agenda. The expected veto was issued on the afternoon of April 6. “I just vetoed a…


Ford to Drop AM Radio From Most New Vehicles

Ford Motor Co. is preparing to drop AM radio from most of its new vehicles next year, according to a report. The Detroit-based automaker confirmed the move to the Detroit Free Press on April 1, despite concerns from federal officials over American drivers losing access to safety alert broadcasts over the airwaves. “We are transitioning from AM…


Applications for Jobless Aid Rising but Still at Low Levels

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid was higher over the past few months than the government had initially reported, reflecting a modest rise in layoffs as the economy has slowed in the face of higher interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of applications has been above 200,000 since early February—above…


Santos CEO Derides Greens Influence on Energy Policy

Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has criticised the Australian government for pursuing energy policies that aren’t “sensible or prudent,” saying the uncertainty is scaring away investment and concerning the country’s Asian partners. Gallagher lamented that Australia did not have a bipartisan energy policy and “power has been handed to the Greens essentially, and they just…