| GOP senators say bipartisan group has infrastructure deal |
| Republican senators who are negotiating within a bipartisan group of 10 senators say they have reached a tentative deal on the size of an infrastructure package and how to pay for it. The emerging deal would spend only a fraction of the $4.1 trillion investment President Biden has called for and would not raise taxes, which could make it a tough sell within the broader Senate Democratic caucus. |
On Thursday, we learned that core inflation rose to its highest level in 29 years, and the federal budget deficit for the first eight-months of the year had hit its highest level ever. These things are, of course, closely linked.
