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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Maine Voices: Don’t fall for current MAGA hysteria over the national debt
No other nation has as reliably paid its debts as the United States, and the U.S. has more than enough income to support its debt.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
What it would mean for the global economy if the U.S. defaults on its debt
A default could shatter the $24 trillion market for Treasury debt, cause financial markets to freeze up and ignite an international crisis.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2023
Maine Voices: Rethinking the future – how much growth do we want?
A population explosion is straining infrastructure, hurting the climate, driving up the deficit and fueling competition for housing. Federal officials should keep this in mind when making policy.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
A slowdown in U.S. inflation eases some pressure on households
Gas and electricity prices have fallen, but grocery costs continue to be a sore spot.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Report: Out-of-state recruiting helps BIW drive Maine economy
An analysis from University of Southern Maine’s Center for Business and Economic Research found Bath Iron Works supported more than $1.8 billion in economic output in 2021, thanks in part to the shipyard's push to draw out-of-state workers, a strategy labor experts say could help solve the problem of Maine's shrinking workforce.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
At Michigan chip plant, Biden says unions ‘built middle class’
The president's visit come amid lawmakers' efforts to prevent a rail strike.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
U.S. stock indexes fall as lockdown protests spread in China
Investors have a busy week ahead as they continue monitoring the hottest inflation in decades and its impact on consumers.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
On election eve, the state of the U.S. economy is a blurry one
From certain angles, the nation's economic picture looks like a healthy one, but it's being photo-bombed by an unsightly intruder: Chronically high inflation.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
U.S. economy rebounds amid resilient consumers, businesses
The U.S. economy grew at a solid pace in the third quarter, marking the first advance this year.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2022
U.S. economy shrank at 0.6% annual rate from April through June
It marked the second consecutive quarter of economic contraction, one informal rule of thumb for a recession.
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