The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index slid 5.4 points to 53.2 in early June, an abrupt comedown from May’s 15-year high. President Donald Trump’s decision to escalate the China trade war by hiking tariffs on May 10 loomed large in the reversal. CONT. Jed Graham, Investor’s Business Daily Read more »
Trump Is More Vulnerable to Democratic Attacks on Trade Than You Might Think
To President Trump, tariff “is a beautiful word indeed.” Just in the last few weeks, he increased tariffs on billions of Chinese imports and threatened Mexico with big new tariffs. His enthusiasm as trade-warrior-in-chief, though, has not been mirrored by the public. At least that is the conclusion to draw […] Read more »
Black Democrats Say It’s the Economy, Still
A key base of support for the Democratic Party, black America, is lagging in its recovery from the recession and demanding more attention to economic issues than white voters. That divide could complicate presidential contenders’ attempts to woo African-American votes in 2020. A decade after the financial crisis, with national […] Read more »
What President Trump doesn’t understand about his approval rating
One weird part of the Trump era (and there are many weird parts) is the rise of Donald Trump the Self-Appointed Elections Expert. In between tweets about the wall, the Mueller Witch Hunt and trade, the president regularly takes to Twitter and talks about why he won in 2016, why […] Read more »
What young adults think about the economy — and why it matters for 2020
“It’s the economy, stupid.” Since James Carville first used that phrase to keep Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign focused on economics in 1992, that slogan has been used to insist that elections are made or broken by how voters perceive the economy. … While the economy may be improving by many […] Read more »
CNBC All-America Survey: Most Americans don’t approve of Trump’s trade policies
President Donald Trump’s multi-front trade war has not captured the hearts and minds of average Americans. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds either majorities or pluralities of the public say they don’t care for tariffs against China, don’t approve of Trump’s handling of the Chinese trade negotiations and don’t even […] Read more »