The Latest Breaking News from Claudia Sahm

Temper your expectations on child care and the Chips Act

The Biden administration is requiring any semiconductor manufacturer that applies for more than $150 million in subsidies under the Chips Act to submit “plans to provide both their facility and construction workers with access to affordable, accessible, reliable, and high-quality childcare.” This requirement is expected to cover fewer than 200,000…

Tribune News Service · Mar 7, 2023

3 Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 4% to Buy Now

Investor sentiment elevated in response to favorable macro data and downsized rate hikes. However, further rate hikes after the stronger-than-expected job report are expected to keep the market volatile. Therefore, quality dividend stocks yielding over 4%, BHP Group (BHP), Honda Motor Co. (HMC), and Rent-A-Center (RCII), might be ideal buys…

StockNews.com · Feb 10, 2023

Here's how to end gridlock in D.C.

Ambitious policy solutions can break through partisan paralysis and change America. It's time to go big

Salon · Dec 26, 2022

High gas prices hit low-income Americans the hardest

"It can create a cascade of other hardships."

Axios · Jun 10, 2022

Why Fed worries about the strongest US job market in decades

Chair Jerome Powell isn’t as pleased with the robust U.S. job market as you might think he’d be, and he and the Federal Reserve plan to do something about it: Take it down a notch

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: These pundits and pols say they're 'done with COVID.' But COVID's not done with us

At a certain level, it's understandable that nearly two years of pandemic-related restrictions have people fed up and desperate to get back to some semblance of normal life.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2022