Steve Thompson
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- Aug 18, 2026
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The U.S. national debt is set to hit $40 trillion this week (opens the original)
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The U.S. national debt is likely to surpass $40 trillion this week, months earlier than forecasters previously expected, in part because of billions of dollars in lost revenue from President Donald Trumpâs invalidated tariffs. The lost revenue has forced the U.S. Treasury Department to borrow more rapidly to cover the nationâs bills: Six months ago, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that total borrowing would top out at $39.4 trillion this fiscal year. But on Monday, Trea
Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years (opens the original)
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Prescription drug prices recorded the biggest year-over-year drop in more than 60 years in July, a startling reduction experts chalked up to an array of factors, including more generics and discount GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. While overall costs for medical services continued to rise, prices for medicinal drugs fell 2.7% over the 12 months ending in July, the largest annual drop on record, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Wednesday. Prescription drugs, part of the medicinal dr
Unemployment improved â because thousands of workers disappeared. Where did they go? (opens the original)
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The U.S. economy shed jobs in July, yet the unemployment rate improved â an unusual pairing that points to a worrying story unfolding behind the numbers for some economists. Thatâs because even as the U.S. economy lost jobs, American workers left the labor market faster. âThis is one of the very, very few times where you see the number of jobs shrink but the unemployment rate falls,â said Stephen Moore, a conservative economist. The explanation, he said, is fewer people looking for jobs.
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