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US president-elect says bold investment needed to jump-start US economy

"A crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight, and there’s no time to waste," the president-elect said on Thursday in announcing the package.

WILMINGTON, Del.: President-elect Joe Biden outlined a US$1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, saying bold investment was ...

US President-elect Joe Biden outlined a $1.9 trillion (€1.6 trillion) stimulus package proposal, saying bold investment was needed to jump-start the economy and accelerate the distribution of vaccines to bring the coronavirus under control.

WILMINGTON, Del.: President-elect Joe Biden outlined a US$1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday, saying bold investment was ...

The aid package includes $415 billion to bolster the response to the virus and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, some $1 trillion in direct relief to households, and roughly $440 billion for small businesses and communities particularly hard hit by the pandemic.

US President-elect Joe Biden campaigned last year on a promise to take the pandemic more seriously than President Donald Trump, and the package aims to put that pledge into action.

(Adds more from Biden's remarks) By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WILMINGTON, Del., Jan 14 (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 tril...

The president-elect also outlined the vaccination plans, called on Congress to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, and introduced a plan to fight hunger

Mr Biden promises to take the pandemic more seriously than his predecessor President Donald Trump.