Bloomberg American families are feeling the financial squeeze of soaring inflation and a persistent pandemic as fractious Democrats return to Washington this week no closer to a deal on a tax and spending bill party leaders hoped would by now provide relief. Despite gangbusters growth at a 6.9% annual rate during the final quarter of 2021, other economic measures ...

  Bloomberg Denmark’s unemployment rate plunged to the lowest level in 14 years, adding to concerns of overheating in the Nordic country that’s emerging from the coronavirus pandemic as one of economic winners. The gross rate declined to 2.5% in December from 2.8% a month before, falling for the first time to the level it was before the 2008 financial ...

  Bloomberg Bentley Motors Ltd. will build its first fully electric car in the UK, part of a 2.5-billion pound ($3.4 billion) spending push to overhaul manufacturing and ditch its roaring 12-cylinder combustion engines. The investment over the next decade will modernise Bentley’s factory in Crewe, England, the Volkswagen AG brand said. The decision is a boon to the site’s ...