Economic growth
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PublishedAugust 8, 2018
Maine Voices: Programs that emphasize out-of-state investors won’t benefit Mainers
The Opportunity Zone Program is among those that won't bring intended economic gains to stagnant areas.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2018
Strong earnings reports send U.S. stocks to fourth straight day of gains
Corporate profit and revenue growth have nudged aside investor worries over trade tensions.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2018
Canada being shut out of NAFTA talks between Mexico, U.S.
The Canadian negotiating team has been told that the U.S. is focusing first on bilateral negotiations with Mexico.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2018
Candidates for governor offer ideas for improving Maine’s economy
Among their proposed fixes: Focus state aid on smaller businesses, educate and train workers, pass tax conformity, implement Medicaid expansion and forgive two years of college costs for graduates who stay in Maine.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2018
After wild swings last year, Maine economic growth off to sluggish start in 2018
The first quarter saw an annual expansion rate of just 0.6% as workforce problems persisted, but a pickup in growth is forecast for all of 2018.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2018
Maker of Necco wafers, Sweethearts candies abruptly shuts down
New England Confectionery Co. was the country's oldest continuously operating candy company.
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PublishedJuly 24, 2018
Venezuela’s inflation rate may climb to 1 million percent
Experts say this is 'one of the most severe hyperinflation situations' since the beginning of the 20th century.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Trump criticizes Federal Reserve, breaking long-standing practice
The president suggests that the Fed is undercutting his efforts to expand the economy.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2018
Foreign money diverts from U.S. as Trump hardens trade stance
Foreign direct investment in U.S. businesses and factories plunged in 2017 and is falling this year.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2018
Federal Reserve chair calls decline in worker share of profits ‘very troubling’
Average hourly wages for most American workers have been stalled – and by at least one measure, have fallen when accounting for inflation.
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