Fiscal policy
FILE - A concrete pump frames the Capitol Dome during renovations and repairs to Lower Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Plans to pump money into rebuilding the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure could give companies that make machinery and materials a solid foundation for growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Infrastructure spending promises boost for construction cos.

By Damian J. Troise Jun. 25, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

A customer wears a mask as she waits to get a receipt at a register in Target store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Sunday, May 23, 2021. Consumer spending was flat in May while incomes dropped for a second month as the impact of the government’s individual impact payments waned. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
May consumer spending flat; incomes fall and prices jump

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 25, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

About $140 million in stimulus money targeted for tourism

Jun. 24, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's tourism and entertainment businesses, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, are getting some financial help to recover. ...

A sign displays the price of a 65-inch television lined up with countless other televisions in a Costco warehouse on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Loen Tree, Colo. The Commerce Department said Thursday, June 24 that growth in the gross domestic product, the country’s total output of goods and services, was unchanged from two previous estimates.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
US economy grows 6.4% in Q1, and it's likely just the start

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 24, 2021 09:58 AM EDT

Delaware House approves budget bill for upcoming fiscal year

By Randall Chase Jun. 23, 2021 05:56 PM EDT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — House lawmakers on Wednesday approved a spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1 that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the...

Panel OKs NC Senate budget bill; Dems pan policy provisions

By Gary D. Robertson Jun. 22, 2021 03:20 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Senate Republicans pushed their North Carolina government budget proposal through the chamber's largest committee Tuesday, rejecting...

North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and head of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, Armin Laschet, left, and Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder arrive for a CDU/CSU leadership in Berlin, Sunday June 20, 2021, on the eve of the unveiling of their electoral program ahead of the September general election. (Odd Andersen/Pool via AP)
Merkel's bloc pledges stability, renewal to German voters

By Geir Moulson Jun. 21, 2021 08:47 AM EDT

Gas price is seen at a Mobil gas station in Vernon Hills, Ill., Friday, June 11, 2021. The rising cost of gasoline is being felt across the U.S., as the national average price has gone up from $2 per gallon last year to $3 per gallon as of June 9, according to data from the American Automobile Association. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Republicans point to inflation in bid to retake Congress

By Will Weissert And Josh Boak Jun. 18, 2021 10:33 AM EDT

A currency trader walks near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 17, 2021. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated it might ease off economic stimulus earlier than previously thought.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Asian stocks follow Wall St lower on Fed hints at rate hikes

By Joe Mcdonald Jun. 16, 2021 02:40 AM EDT

FILE - This May 4, 2021, photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs. The shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the $1.88 trillion deficit run up over the same period a year ago, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, June 9, 2021 in its monthly budget report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
US budget deficit for current year hits record $2.1 trillion

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 10, 2021 03:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct.5,2020 file photo red warning lights shine on the building of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The European Central Bank is expected to leave its stimulus efforts running full steam Thursday _ even as the economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency shows more and more signs of a robust recovery as pandemic restrictions ease. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
Europe's stimulus likely to keep running as economies reopen

By David Mchugh Jun. 09, 2021 06:34 AM EDT

A woman and her trainer workout outside the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 7, 2021. Stocks are nudging mostly higher in early trading, putting the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average back near the record highs they reached a month ago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
US trade deficit dips to $68.9 billion with exports up

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 08, 2021 10:10 AM EDT

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to supporters as he walks with first lady Beatriz Gutierrez after voting in congressional, state and local elections in Mexico City, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Mexicans on Sunday were electing the entire lower house of Congress, almost half the country's governors and most mayors in a vote that will determine if Obrador's Morena party gets the legislative majority. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexico president appears to hold key majority in elections

By Mark Stevenson And María Verza Jun. 07, 2021 12:23 AM EDT

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 05, 2021 12:38 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo, Elizabeth Ruiz, 7, puts up post-it notes on her mother's car window that spell out "God Bless U" as she and her mother Daylin Lemus, of Adelphi, Md., wait in a line of hundreds of cars to receive a Catholic Charities distribution of food at Northwestern High School, in Hyattsville, Md. The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country’s food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
USDA sending $1B in funding to country's food bank networks

By Ashraf Khalil Jun. 04, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

By Josh Boak Jun. 04, 2021 03:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb.14, 2021 file photo the lights of the bridges and buildings are reflected in the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, Germany Economy. The German economy, Europe's biggest, may grow by up to 4% this year as the coronavirus pandemic recedes, a senior official said Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
Germany says economy may grow 4% this year as pandemic eases

Jun. 03, 2021 07:43 AM EDT

A man wearing a face mask walks along an empty road in front of the Twin Towers during the first day of Full Movement Control Order (MCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Malls and most businesses in Malaysia shuttered Tuesday as the country began its second near total coronavirus lockdown to tackle a worsening pandemic that has put its healthcare system on the verge of collapse. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Businesses shut as Malaysia enters second virus lockdown

By Eileen Ng Jun. 01, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

File - In this Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 file photo, people walk by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. The global economic rebound from the pandemic has picked up speed but remains uneven across countries and faces multiple headwinds including the lack of vaccines in poorer nations. That could lead to new virus variants and more stop-and-go lockdowns, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD said in its latest forecast. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
Forecast: Global economy rebounding, faces multiple threats

By David Mchugh May. 31, 2021 04:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2021 file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his daily morning press conference following a two-week absence after he tested positive for the new coronavirus, at the National Palace in Mexico City. The Mexican leader has refused to mandate mask wearing or a declare any lockdown. And his obsessive drive to slash government spending may have contributed to the safety downgrade, which apparently involved insufficient staffing and oversight at airports. Lopez Obrador lashed out on both fronts Thursday, May 27, 2021, criticizing other governments rather than recognize any Mexican shortcomings. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Despite setbacks, Mexican president goes on offensive

May. 27, 2021 01:09 PM EDT