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 »

Trump should say less on trade. The stock markets will thank him

… I’m not saying President Donald Trump’s decision to take on what he sees as America’s decadeslong disadvantage with its trading partners, friends and competitors alike, was a bad one. Even Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and some of his fellow Democrats have been surprisingly supportive of the administration’s tough […] Read more »

Real Estate Still Leads Stocks as Best Investment

Stocks have had a strong 2019, with the major U.S. stock indices establishing or nearing record highs in April and early May. Still, more Americans continue to believe real estate (35%) is a superior long-term investment to stocks (27%) or other investment options. CONT. Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Read more »

When shutdown politics add to economic woes, nobody wins

The Congressional Budget Office told us this week that the U.S. economy is likely to take a $3 billion hit from the partial government shutdown, assuming federal employees will get their back pay. $3 billion is a significant amount, but it is likely to have a relatively small impact in […] Read more »