Large, mostly Democratic-leaning, metropolitan centers are consolidating their dominance of the national economy even as smaller, mostly Republican-leaning communities at their periphery show clear signs of economic revival under President Donald Trump, according to an extensive new analysis of regional economic dynamics published Tuesday. These twin trends — consolidation at […] Read more »
Trump says economy is a strength and the numbers just got better
This week brought another wave of good economic news for American workers – more jobs and less unemployment – and the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows just how important those numbers are to the Trump White House with 2020 approaching. CONT. Dante Chinni, NBC News Read more »
Trump is struggling despite a strong economy. Here’s why.
We learned Friday that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest rate since 1969 at 3.6%. The economy added another 263,000 jobs. This capped a week in which President Donald Trump received his highest economic approval rating in any CNN poll at 56%. In other words, the economy is […] Read more »
The Economy and the Election
For as long as I’ve covered politics, the conventional wisdom has been that presidents win re-election in good economic times and they lose when the economy stinks. Ronald Reagan won re-election when the economy was booming. Jimmy Carter lost when we sunk into economic “malaise.” But, we also know that […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Trump’s approval rating on the economy hits a new high
President Donald Trump hits a new high on his economic approval ratings in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, reaching 56% of Americans saying he’s doing a good job on the economy. The result comes on the heels of the announcement that the US economy grew at a much […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in April
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® improved in April, after decreasing in March. The Index now stands at 129.2 (1985=100), up from 124.2 in March. … “Consumer Confidence partially rebounded in April, following March’s decline, but still remains below levels seen last Fall,” said Lynn Franco, Senior Director of Economic […] Read more »