With less than a month to go before the U.S. elections, the American economy is in arguably in the best shape it has been prior to any presidential contest in recent history. Unemployment is at a more than two decade low.
Small business owners are growing more uncertain about the economy ahead of the presidential election and are reining in spending, according to a new survey.
Both Harris and Trump have pitched themselves as a better candidate for the economy. Retired voters in Michigan are paying close attention.
Harris says her proposals would help low- and middle-income workers. Trump says he would expand tax cuts, impose tariffs.
Their warning builds on the insights of Milton Friedman, the famous free-market economist who “believed the limitations on government concentration of economic power, adherence to the rule of law, respect for property rights and enforcement of contracts, was central to the prosperity of the free world.”
The economy is the top issue on the minds of voters this election, and inflation is their top economic concern.
Covid slammed into the economy in Trump’s final year. Jobs soared under Biden, but so did inflation.
More Americans think the economy would fare better under former President Trump than Vice President Harris in a new survey, even as many economists say they expect higher inflation and slower
For Europe's economy, the Nov. 5 U.S. election offers a "least bad" outcome of a challenging Kamala Harris presidency or a second encounter with Donald Trump which threatens to be yet more bruising than the first.
Looking at each presidency in its entirety, the overall economy expanded faster under Biden than Trump, but Biden saw inflation surge.
Most voters likely don’t even follow the overall economic trends, let alone one month’s data, he said. Instead, their views on the economy are shaped by how far their dollars are stretching today compared to recent times. That track record isn’t great nowadays.