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Business skittish about Trump, GOP

by Josh Boak The Associated Press, Brian Slodysko The Associated Press, and Tom Krisher The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

FILE - In this June 22, 2020, file photo, wearing a face shield, server Brandon Fricke, left, takes orders from dine-in customers surrounded by protective dividers at Water Grill seafood restaurant in Los Angeles. Restaurants and stores have been forced to make changes to survive. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Economy under virus threat

by Josh Boak Associated Press, and Christopher Rugaber Associated PressJuly 16, 2020

Tourists walk on the beach promenade as French police officers stand guard ahead of the upcoming G-7 Summit in Biarritz, France, Thursday.

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Vital signs: Global economy sours

by Paul Wiseman Associated Press, David McHugh Associated Press, and Josh Boak Associated PressAugust 22, 2019

In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo a recruiter from the postal service, right, speaks with an attendee of a job fair in the cafeteria of Deer Lakes High School in Cheswick, Pa.

US employers went on Dec. hiring spree

by Josh Boak Associated PressJanuary 5, 2019

FILE - In this Thursday, July 5, 2018, photo, a ship to shore crane prepares to load a 40-foot shipping container onto a container ship at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. After galloping along for the past two years, the global economy is showing signs of weakening, with the United States, China and Europe all facing the rising threat of a slowdown. Few economists foresee an outright global recession within the next year. But the synchronized growth that powered most major...

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Threat of economic slowdown growing

by Josh Boak AP Business Writers, and Joe McDonald AP Business WritersNovember 21, 2018

Jean Hoffman poses for a photo at the Starbucks in Exton, Pa. Wednesday.

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Vibrant US economy complicates some voting decisions

by Josh Boak Associated PressNovember 4, 2018

In this Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 photo, Baltimore City Councilman Leon Pinkett poses for a photo in City Hall in Baltimore. The gap in economic outcomes across Baltimore is shocking but not surprising to Pinkett. "What the data does for us, is that it validates all the things that we know to be true: that many of the residents of these communities start at a deficit and little is done through policy or investments to assist them in closing that gap." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Job growth found to be no cure for community’s poverty

by Josh Boak AP Economics WriterOctober 19, 2018

FILE - This Feb. 9, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise in Washington. The federal budget deficit has surged to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, its highest level in six years as President Donald Trump's tax cuts caused the government to borrow more heavily in order to cover its spending. The Treasury Department said Monday, Oc. 15, that the deficit climbed $113 billion from fiscal 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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US deficit hits highest level in 6 years

by Josh Boak AP Economics WriterOctober 15, 2018October 15, 2018

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks to the media after finishing interviews on the North Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Where White House touts a boom, most economists see a blip

by Josh Boak AP Economics Writers, and Christopher Rugaber AP Economics WritersAugust 17, 2018

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Trump slams Fed’s rate increases

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, Josh Boak Associated Press, and Ken Thomas Associated PressJuly 19, 2018