UAW threatens to expand strike to more auto plants by end of week
"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
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"We're not messing around," Union chief Shawn Fain said in setting Friday deadline unless talks progress with Big Three automakers.
Janet Yellen, in Beijing to meet Chinese officials and American businesses, stressed the U.S. desire to trade, but not at the expense of security.
The House passed the bill to raise the debt ceiling Wednesday. Now, the Senate will take it up.
Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress Monday that the Treasury Department has already seen borrowing costs "increase substantially" for securities maturing in early June.
Millions of Social Security recipients "need to be very careful" about spending because payments could be delayed, one expert said.
The treasury secretary moved up her estimate of when the U.S. risks defaulting on its debt.
Inflation's still high, but analysts warn that further rate hikes from the Fed could lead more more banks to topple.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is the largest of a financial institution since the failure of Washington Mutual in 2008.
Hitting "Date X" without raising the debt ceiling could lead the U.S. to default on its debt for the first time in its history.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday helped mark a milestone in U.S. history when she held up a newly minted $5 bill signed for the first time ever by two women.
