Posted on 12/07/2018 2:58:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump’s economic officials are reassuring investors about recent white-knuckle stock market volatility, while Trump’s political advisers are increasingly alarmed that the economy could present a stiff 2020 campaign headwind.
Many of Trump’s political allies acknowledge that his reelection prospects hinge in large part on how Americans judge their economic prospects at the time of the next election. And many independent analysts say that recent market turbulence is a warning sign that the U.S. economy will likely slow and maybe even tip into recession by 2020.
At the moment, that scenario could be the biggest threat to Trump’s chances at winning a second term, according to interviews with eight current and former senior administration officials and close White House advisers.
The president knows this better than anyone, since he is highly attuned to fluctuations in the stock market and views it as a form of polling. At times, Trump has bragged about the market’s performance on a near-daily basis. A real estate mogul who has borrowed heavily, Trump is equally obsessed with interest rates, and has closely monitored the run-up to a mid-December Federal Reserve meeting in which central bankers are expected to raise rates. Political advisers have urged Trump to build his economic message around more stable data points than the daily volatility of the stock market, such as the low unemployment rate....
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Do ya think that interest rates and the Stock Market are at all linked?
I thought Obama was out there taking credit for the economy ?
I’m seeing constant talk of a so called recession. I don’t believe it. The feds caused a blip for sure, but the train is still chugging along.
Just having less regulations and taxes is going to keep the economic engine running.
Hahahha .
Trump has singlehandedly given is the strongest and best economy in THE HISTORY of the Republic.
That this outstanding success comes off the back of the Bush Crash and Obama Depression makes his success all the more outstanding.
The media is biased against Trump, but thankfully economics have a Trumpian bias!
Well,just read the entire article,they quote one unnamed Republican source?
Where are all the quotes from the many analysts?
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“Trump Advisors” means the FNM’s talking heads in the coffee room.
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Stop thinking that Trump is a lock for reelection in 2020.
He’s not. He’s going to have to campaign HARD in places like NV, CO, VA, GA, AZ, TX, FL.
Even places like Ohio and Missouri, and even NJ.
He will have to make a very disciplined case for why he should be reelected. Period.
It is to be expected that the forces of evil will try to induce a recession for the purpose of influencing the election.
I absolutely believe that the Media and all the other Leftists will do their darndest to crash the economy/destroy the housing market. They don’t want Trump to have ANYTHING to campaign on, no successes he can point to.
The Dems-NeverTrumpers-MSM-Fed-WallStreet-et.al. will do anything and everything they can to foil Trump -— no matter who it harms!!!
You are correct. And if the voter fraud situation isn’t remedied, it’s bad.
I’m not sure where you got your mind reading credentials, but I’d suggest pleading for a refund.
there are such things as business cycles.
the problem is the gross interference with business that the Obammy administration inflicted for 8 very long years
this so weakened the USA economy that these last 2 years of partial recovery have been, imho, quite close to miraculous
how to really repair things? major changes are often, mostly seen as disruptive events.....so....there could be some stock and realty market consequences as PDJT (hopefully) tries to unwind some of the communistic centralizations, controls that Obammy imposed
on the other hand, if these problems are not resolved, the inevitable result will be just as Obammy planned, wished for.....a total collapse, breakdown ...
so I am still with, cheering for PDJT
Fake news? I notice they do not quote a real person.
Deep State scum at the Fed are trying to wreck the economy. I’d bet Soros is, too. But it’s too big and strong to dent thanks to many actions President Trump has quietly taken with respect to overregulation and other issues, few of which make the news outside of sites such as Free Republic and the like. The scum might create some volitility, but that’s about it.
And Democrats fear that the economy in 2020 will still be roaring down the tracks, pulled by the locomotive of Trump policies.
It happened back in ‘08 when the dem’s got control of the house. That’s how we got obama. I agree they will do anything to get rid of the Republicans - especially Trump. I wouldn’t put it past them to trash our economy to do it. They only care about their power.
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