Most Georgia voters think their finances are good — but not the economy: Poll
A majority of Georgia voters say their personal financial situations are good but they have a pessimistic outlook for the overall state of the economy, according to a poll released Wednesday. in Quinnipiac University Poll In a poll of Georgia voters conducted May 30-June 3, 2024, fewer than a third of voters (29%) rated the […]
April job openings fall to 8.1M as signs of cooling economy emerge
U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level since 2021 in April. But they remained at historically high levels despite rising interest rates and signs of a slowing economy. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that employers posted 8.1 million job openings in April, down from a revised 8.4 million in March. The March figure was […]
Stock market could plunge 10% as economy faces stagflation threat, Stifel warns
John Koudounis, president and CEO of Calamos Investments, said he doesn’t expect any central banks to raise interest rates and that there is still “sideline” money in the market. There may be problems in the future US Stock MarketAccording to analysts at Stifel. Stocks are headed for another sharp decline, with the S&P 500 index […]
Stocks Need a Strong Economy to Keep Rising. The Data Are Getting Worse. – Barron's
The stock market got off to a shaky start on the first trading day of June, with some market watchers predicting the summer blues will continue for some time to come. The U.S. economy and stock market have performed surprisingly well in recent years, and a recession that was previously thought to be absent or […]
Why are Americans so negative about the economy? It’s a big problem for Biden.
Americans are not happy with the state of the economy, and that’s a big problem for President Biden. Even though many indicators suggest the U.S. economy is doing surprisingly well in the post-pandemic era, poll after poll shows that consumers don’t view the economy in the same way. A recent Harris Poll found that despite […]
Biden Has ‘a Lot to Be Proud of’ Economically, Just Not in ‘How People Are Experiencing the Economy’
During Friday’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time,” CNN senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said President Joe Biden has “a lot to be proud of” economically, but “the big issues are the cost of living and inflation. Yes, inflation is down, but prices are still 20 percent higher than they were before […]
Dems Want to Wear Trump Out, Get Him Away from Issues Like Economy, Border, Crime
On Friday’s “Tomi Lahren is Fearless” podcast, The New York Times bestseller Defeat Biden Author and Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow argued that Democrats are trying to undermine former President Donald Trump, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, with criminal charges, but that Trump can’t achieve that goal by sacrificing his messaging on the economy […]
Mad about the economy? Blame Donald Trump.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, most voters in battleground states Former President Donald Trump It will do more for the economy than a second term for President Biden. a New poll Trump was ahead in every battleground state except Wisconsin (where Trump and Biden were tied), with 56% of voters saying the former president […]
Xi Jinping Concedes China’s Job Market Is in ‘Chaos,’ Demands Underlings Fix the Economy
Chinese Communist Party dictator Xi Jinping acknowledged at a Politburo meeting on Monday that China’s jobs market is in “chaos.” He ordered his subordinates to create “full and quality jobs” by developing “new sources of employment growth” but offered few hints about how they should tackle this enormous task. President Xi Jinping’s remarks after the […]
Concluded: Fat People Hurt The US Economy (Obviously)
It’s a sad day for America when we have to rely on the biggest nerds in the country to tell us the obvious. Goldman Sachs bean counters released a report predicting that U.S. GDP could grow by 1% if 60 million Americans started taking weight loss drugs like Ozempic by 2028. Forget about Big Pharma […]