Alan Rappeport
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U.S. Debt Races Toward Record This Decade, C.B.O. Warns
Recently passed spending limits have slightly improved the nation’s fiscal outlook.
Investigation Finds World Bank Failed to Police Abuse at Kenyan Schools
The World Bank’s investment arm has been facing scrutiny over sexual abuse at a program it was financing.
Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble
Lost tax revenue fuels concerns over an urban ‘doom loop.’
Sex Abuse Inquiry Poses Leadership Test for World Bank’s Ajay Banga
The bank is facing scrutiny as it debates how to compensate victims of abuse at Kenyan schools that it was financing.
Biden Budget Lays Out Battle Lines Against Trump
President Biden and former President Donald J. Trump offer vastly different policy paths on almost every aspect of the economy.
Biden’s Budget Calls for Tax Increases on Corporations and the Wealthy
The budget, which would cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade, reinforces Biden’s efforts to counter Republican tax proposals that Democrats deride...
Biden Portrays Next Phase of Economic Agenda as Middle-Class Lifeline
The president used his State of the Union speech to pitch tax increases for the rich, along with plans to cut costs and protect consumers.
Divisions Among Finance Ministers Flare Over Seizing Russian Assets
France’s finance minister, Bruno LeMaire, said there was no legal rationale for giving the Russian central bank funds to Ukraine.
Yellen Urges Israel to Restore Economic Ties to West Bank
The Treasury secretary said she called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to reduce barriers to commerce for Palestinians.
U.S. Imposes Major New Sanctions on Russia, Targeting Finance and Defense
The Biden administration, responding to the death of Aleksei A. Navalny, unveiled its largest sanctions package to date as the war in Ukraine enters its...