Despite ongoing attacks from pro-business Republicans, there is data indicating that President Obama has a sterling, possibly incomparable, record regarding economic growth policies. The reports states that economic performance is directly related to policies enacted by the president and Obama deserves all the credit for that.
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How Good Is the Trump Economy, Really?
So what is the most honest way of talking about the Trump economy? It goes like this: The president inherited an economy that had come a long way toward healing. During his administration, the economy has continued growing at about the same rate it did before he took office, pushing incomes, employment and output to yet higher levels. There are plenty of problems that remain in the United States, economic and otherwise, and the degree of credit the president deserves for the state of the economy is an open debate.
G.D.P. Grew at 4.1% Rate in U.S. in Latest Quarter. Here’s What That Means.
Economic growth surged in the second quarter — but don’t expect the boom to last. The second-quarter acceleration was widely anticipated by economists, a result of a confluence of events unlikely to recur. Most economists expect growth to slow in the second half of the year. Still, recent data does suggest that the pace of growth has picked up this year.
U.S. Businesses Are Bullish Amid Worldwide Instability
Potential perils are in plain sight: An intense and unpredictable tariff battle is alarming businesses across the country. The annual federal deficit is heading toward $1 trillion. Credit card debt is soaring. And the synchronous wave that lifted every world economy at the year’s start has dissipated. So what? Such risks have done little to puncture the exuberant optimism that is encouraging American businesses to ramp up hiring and consider new investment.
Under Trump, the jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?
Blue-collar jobs are growing at their fastest rate
in more than 30 years, helping fuel a hiring boom in many small towns
and rural areas that are strong supporters of President Trump ahead of
November's mid-term elections. Jobs in
goods-producing industries — mining, construction, and manufacturing —
grew 3.3 percent in the year preceding July, the best rate since 1984,
according to a Washington Post analysis.
In a Sign of the Economy’s Strength, Jobs and Wages Moved Higher in August
Low-, middle- and high-skilled jobs all
saw some wage growth. Even so, the job market can vary radically
depending on what people do and where they live. “In
some occupations — typically those with low-skill requirements and
relatively pleasant working conditions — there is a huge oversupply of
candidates,” said Julia Pollak, a labor economist at the online
employment market site ZipRecruiter.
Economy Is Strong. Leadership Is Shaky. Which Will Win Out in 2019?
It is true that the global economy is sputtering, and that the stock market is in its worst pullback
in a decade, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down more than 19
percent since Sept. 20 as of Monday’s close. But this sense of gloom
and pessimism has gotten ahead of the facts on the ground, especially
concerning the United States economy.The
real risk is not that insurmountable challenges knock the economy off
course. It is that poor leadership converts moderate economic shocks
into a crisis.
January jobs: The US economy added 304,000 jobs. Workers got a 3-cent raise.
Employers added 304,000 new jobs to the US economy in January — once again surpassing economic forecasts, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the latest jobs report once again shows little wage growth,
which remains the biggest weakness in the American economy. The average
US worker hasn’t seen their paycheck get much bigger since the Great
Recession, which ended around 2009.
The Economy That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen: Booming Jobs, Low Inflation
The labor market the United States is experiencing right now wasn’t supposed to be possible. Not
that long ago, the overwhelming consensus among economists would have
been that you couldn’t have a 3.6 percent unemployment rate without also
seeing the rate of job creation slowing (where are new workers going to
come from with so few out of work, after all?) and having an inflation
surge (a worker shortage should mean employers bidding up wages,
right?).