Tag: Economy
So, while a crisis provoked by a rampaging global virus certainly looks a lot different from one caused by toxic mortgage assets, the proposed solutions already on the table really aren’t.
Hassett was speaking about how social distancing measures being put into place to stop the spread of the virus will cause the American economy to plummet, with job losses possibly reaching 1 million or more.
After a brief increase in domestic capital investment in 2018, it has fallen back to previous levels. In other words, the Trump tax cut did not do what Trump promised.
The tightening of central banks all around the world wasn’t intended to cause a downturn—wasn’t intended to cause what it did.
Every month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly jobs report, Donald Trump and Republicans crow about the economy and the low unemployment rate.
Paul Brandus, stresses that one thing that could mean the difference between Trump getting reelected or not are the economic conditions in Rust Belt states.
As gross as income inequality is, though, it's dwarfed by the lesser-known wealth disparity that has engulfed our land, mocking our egalitarian pretensions.
It would seem dismal if you believed Trump's assertion in 2016 that 1.9 percent growth during Obama's time signaled an economy "in deep trouble."
The Democrats running for president take the view that anything that deserves federal money deserves federal money we don't have.
Donald Trump is not intimidated by the bond market. "The Economy is great," he tweeted last week. "The only thing adding to uncertainty is the Fake News!"
