By signaling with subsidies and payouts, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is stressing his government’s resolve to pull the economy permanently out of stagnation.
The U.S. budget deficit increased 23 percent to $1.7 trillion, an increase of $320 billion, in the year after the Biden administration pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act which it claimed would close the government’s funding gap.
Originally published July 19, 2023 2:00 pm PDT
Stacie Laughton, a former New Hampshire state representative and the first openly transgender lawmaker in the U.S.,...