May 19, 2024 19:59 (IST)
Biden minimum wage plan might hike unemployment by 1.4 mln, budget deficit by $54Bln: CBO
Washington/Sputnik: President Joe’s Biden plan to virtually double the US minimum wage to $15 per hour by June 2025 would raise unemployment by an estimated 1.4 million and the budget deficit by $54 billion in the decade between 2021 and 2031, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Monday.
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