On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner revisited his charts showing what little relationship a strong economy has with the president’s party’s ability to retain seats in the House of Representatives. Shortly before the election, we reviewed charts on Morning Joe that argued that the incumbent president’s approval rating has historically been a better predictor […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how a strong economy is not a key determinant for whether the president’s party historically retains control of Congress in the midterm elections. As the mid-terms grow near, will the economy prove to be the tailwind that Republicans hope? Or will President Trump’s low approval […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner discussed the implications of rising interest rates on would-be homeowners, the stock market, and federal borrowing. Interest rates are on the rise, causing pain for Americans seeking mortgages and contributing significantly to the recent swoon in the stock market. Over the past year, the average rate on new […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts debunking Trump’s false claims about the labor market. President Trump asserted in a video Saturday that wages have started to go up “for the first time in many years.” The notion that the state of America’s workers has improved meaningfully during the Trump administration is simply […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner discussed that Republicans are more likely than not to lose control of the House due to Trump’s historically low approval rating and a surge in G.O.P. retirements. The mid-term elections are now just 3 months away and President Trump has moved into full campaign mode to try to […]
On MSBNC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner’s charts provided context and fact checking for Trump’s victory lap following the release of the latest GDP report. President Trump summoned the television cameras to the South Lawn on Friday to extol the second quarter GDP figures and the overall state of the economy. While no one can […]
On MSBNC’s Morning Joe today, in light of yesterday’s agreement to suspend the trade war, Steven Rattner put US-EU trade into perspective. President Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Union, announced an “agreement” late Wednesday afternoon to suspend the brewing trade war between the world’s largest developed countries. But even if this […]
On MSBNC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts detailing the rising trend in Trump’s falsehoods which have not only increased alongside his more frequent comments, but have done so at a faster rate. President Trump is well known for his frequent falsehoods (more simply, lies). What might not be as well known is that […]
On MSBNC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that while the US dominates in defense, Europe has collectively been spending at a faster pace and handily outspends all other countries. Let’s stipulate that the Europeans spend much less on defense than the United States as a share of their gross domestic product. In […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how the fallout from Trump’s trade war is coming home to roost. As President Trump continues to escalate his trade war – particularly with China – the fallout on American workers and consumers is beginning to become noticeable. Since mid-February, when the Commerce Department first […]
