Harris to unveil economic agenda that would crack down on 'price gouging' on food, groceries

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Vice President Kamala Harris volition instrumentality to Raleigh for a run sojourn today.

She is promoting a wide acceptable of economical proposals that would connection caller taxation breaks and little the outgo of surviving for Americans, aiming to code the fiscal concerns that are astatine the apical of the caput for voters and that Republican Donald Trump is trying to laic astatine her doorstep.

Harris' plans see a connection for a national prohibition connected terms gouging connected groceries, arsenic good arsenic $25,000 successful down outgo assistance for definite first-time homebuyers and taxation incentives for builders of starter homes.

Harris is calling for taxation breaks aimed astatine families, arsenic good arsenic middle- and lower-income people. She would grow the kid taxation recognition to up to $3,600 - and $6,000 for children successful their archetypal twelvemonth of life. Harris would grow the earned income taxation recognition to screen radical successful lower-income jobs without children, which the run estimates would chopped their effectual taxation complaint by $1,500.

Harris besides wants to little wellness security premiums done the Affordable Care Act.

Many of the changes would necessitate legislature approval, acold from a fixed successful the existent governmental environment.

Harris is trying to blunt Trump's attacks connected her arsenic "a extremist California wide who broke the economy," arsenic helium enactment successful during a code Thursday astatine his play nine successful Bedminster, New Jersey, wherever helium displayed fashionable market store items meant to correspond the precocious outgo of food.

Year-over-year ostentation has reached its lowest level successful much than 3 years, but nutrient prices are inactive 21% supra wherever they were 3 years ago. A Labor Department study this week showed that astir each of July's ostentation reflected higher rental prices and different lodging costs, a inclination that, according to real-time data, is easing. As a result, lodging costs should emergence much dilatory successful the coming months, contributing to little inflation.

Harris' market pricing connection would instruct the Federal Trade Commission to penalize "big corporations" that prosecute successful terms spikes and singles retired a deficiency of contention successful the meat-packing manufacture for driving up nutrient prices.

Polls amusement that Americans are much apt to spot Trump implicit Harris erstwhile it comes to handling the economy: Some 45% accidental Trump is amended positioned to grip the economy, portion 38% accidental that astir Harris. About 1 successful 10 spot neither Harris nor Trump to amended grip the economy, according to the latest Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

Harris canceled a travel to North Carolina past week owed to Tropical Storm Debby, but it's wide that the authorities remains a apical precedence for her campaign.

North Carolina has been a blistery spot for visits from Biden and Harris this year. After Biden's disastrous statement show against Trump successful June, Raleigh was the archetypal metropolis wherever helium held a rally successful an effort to reenergize Democratic voters. Harris besides made 2 North Carolina stops - successful Greensboro and Fayetteville - successful the weeks starring up to Biden's determination to driblet retired of the race.

"When it comes to North Carolina, we went from a concern wherever Joe Biden was astir surely going down successful decision here, whereas Kamala Harris has a precise existent accidental of winning," North Carolina State University governmental subject prof Steven Greene said.

Dan Kanninen, battleground states manager for the Harris campaign, said North Carolina "is arsenic apt arsenic immoderate of those states to beryllium the tipping constituent state, truthful we've invested successful it heavy since the beginning."

Harris' recently announced moving mate Tim Walz volition not beryllium joining Harris successful Raleigh this trip.

Donald Trump besides made a halt successful North Carolina connected Wednesday successful Asheville.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.