Secretary says it's likely fewer Americans lost than expected
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to allay fears yesterday that thousands of Americans may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunamis, saying he did not believe ''the numbers will be anything like what some of our fellow nations have suffered over the last week."
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Last year, more Americans lived in poverty, more children were poor, and more people lacked health insurance than in 2002. That message, reported by the US Census Bureau yesterday, was expected, but the increases
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The failure of NATO allies to meet a shortfall in troops needed to end the Taliban insurgency will not sink the effort, which should &quot;do better this year,&quot; the US ambassador here told AFP this week.
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Americans are right to be concerned  about the long-term impact of budget deficits projected to  reach $2.3 trillion over the next decade, but there is little  near-term danger of an economic catastrophe, the head of the  Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday.
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Top federal health officials yesterday said the United States likely will have only half its expected supply of flu vaccine this year, and that most
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The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell a smaller-than-expected 27,000 last week, a government report showed on Thursday.
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Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Tuesday that, notwithstanding weaker consumer confidence, he did not think the US economy was at risk of a slowdown.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry  Paulson on Sunday said he feels good about the U.S. economy and  does not see the country slipping into recession.
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The Bush administration predicted on Friday that economic growth would slow to 3.5 percent from about 4 percent next year but still be strong enough to reduce unemployment slightly.
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The government's Generation Y may not be that much different from older entry-level hires when it comes to deciding on federal employment, new survey data suggests.
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New York State's outlook was switched to stable from negative on Tuesday by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, which said that, despite future budget gaps, the state economy was showing "modest" gains.
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US employers added 96,000 workers in September, fewer than expected, in the last jobs report Americans will see before deciding between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry in November.
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Iraq's Jan. 30 elections are likely  to be "less than perfect" due to violence but the United States  is working with Iraq to encourage the broadest possible  participation, the White House said on Wednesday.
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The increase in first-time jobless claims last week was slightly smaller than the 18,000 increase that Wall Street had expected. But a Labor Department statistician said the gain wasn&#39;t unusual
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New polling data suggest that Sen. John Kerry has made little headway with voters in a five states that President Bush narrowly won in 2000.
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for unemployment aid edged down slightly last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday in a report underscoring stability in the labor market despite sluggish growth.
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Fears that thousands of absentee election ballots had gone astray in a hotly contested Florida county appear to have been allayed on Thursday when officials said a far small number were missing.