When the Great Recession hit, it walloped Nevada like no other state, claiming Corry Castaneda among its many victims. … Things changed dramatically as the economy roared back to life. There’s money in the bank now, Castaneda said, and his career, managing commercial real estate, is thriving as Reno and […] Read more »
Failing GOP tax scam big opportunity to close with out-of-touch attack
The new tax cut law – the Republicans’ signature legislative accomplishment – is unpopular, and increasingly so, as a majority have not seen any personal benefit and believe the tax cut primarily benefits corporations and the wealthy at their expense. Critically, contrary to the Trump-GOP narrative about the booming economy, […] Read more »
Memo to GOP: You’ve Got a Winning Message and It’s Not Pelosi
Republicans have a great economic story to tell if they are willing to tell it. They have less than a month to make their case to voters that the economic policies that House Republicans began pushing in 2010 are finally paying off. Now is the time to reinforce success, not […] Read more »
More Still Disapprove Than Approve of 2017 Tax Cuts
With the midterm elections less than a month away and Republicans fighting to retain control of both houses of Congress, more Americans continue to disapprove than approve of last year’s sweeping tax overhaul bill signed into law by President Donald Trump, 46% to 39%. CONT. Megan Brenan, Gallup Read more »
10 years after the financial crisis, Americans are divided on security of U.S. economic system
A decade after the 2008 financial crisis, the public is about evenly split on whether the U.S. economic system is more secure today than it was then. About half of Americans (48%) say the system is more secure today than it was before the 2008 crisis, while roughly as many […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in September
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased in September, following a large improvement in August. The Index now stands at 138.4 (1985=100), up from 134.7 in August. CONT. Conference Board Read more »