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European leaders are incensed after President Trump temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil to remedy oil costs after his war on Iran sent prices per barrel skyrocketing. “We think that’s wrong,” ...

Our nation faces serious long-term fiscal challenges. Addressing them will require policymakers to recognize several realities.

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As pennies begin to disappear, states are grappling with a "rounding" problem for cash purchases that would have included them in the past.

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Education secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests priority is grants for poorer students rather than cutting interest Kemi Badenoch has said the Conservatives would scrap the “unfair debt trap” of high ...

Until recently, governments could postpone these choices by borrowing on convenient terms. But now, unprecedented debt levels ...

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