Tag: US economic

• Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Trump: US economic pressure helping Hong Kong protestors; steeper tariffs on Chinese goods “are on” as of this Sunday

  

  US economic pressure on China was responsible for preventing the authorities from carrying out a harsher crackdown against demonstrators in Hong Kong, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  IMF lowers US economic growth forecast for 2017 and 2018

  

  The IMF on Sunday lowered its economic growth forecasts for the United States to 2.1% for this year and the next, down from the 2.3% for 2017 and 2.5% for 2018 that it had predicted in April.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:31 UTC

  Obama hints mix of tax cuts and infrastructure spending in next week jobs speech

  

  US President Barack Obama sharply cut estimates for US economic growth, underscoring the difficult challenge he faces in spurring a stronger recovery and creating more jobs.