On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that while wage growth for the average worker has recently begun to decelerate, the typical lower-income worker has seen steady gains thanks in part to recent state and local legislation. When the monthly employment numbers were released last Friday, the attention – as usual – […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing the damage that has been done to the Iranian economy by the sanctions President Trump has imposed. The killing of Qasem Soleimani is dominating the news about Iran at the moment but let’s not forget that we are continuing to apply tough economic sanctions that […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing that while optimism has revived for a stronger economy next year, lagging conditions in key states may hamper Trump’s 2020 election prospects. Measured optimism has returned to the American economic outlook. That’s partly because of policy actions like the retreat from the trade war and […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner used the recent appointment of Jared Kushner as “Wall Czar” to explain the current status of Trump’s border wall, his unrealistic plans to build it and recent abatement of apprehensions. Frustrated by the lack of progress on his border wall, President Trump has now turned over responsibility for […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner explored how the math behind Warren’s health care plan simply doesn’t add up. Elizabeth Warren’s release of her plans to pay for Medicare for All has focused new attention on the size and scale of her changes – the single biggest change in the role of government at […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner dug into Wednesday’s GDP report to help explain the dynamics of economic slowdown underway. Two more signs of a slow economy emerged on Wednesday: The Commerce Department reported that growth in the gross domestic product declined to 1.9% in the second quarter and the Federal Reserve cut interest […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner corrected Trump’s latest claims on his economic achievements which involved inflated household income gains during his tenure. Taking a break from railing against “witch hunts,” President Trump proclaimed the other day that during his time as president, the income of the average American “rose $5,000, not including $2,000 […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner documented the meteoric rise of Trump’s dishonesty with the public on a wide range of topics including his most recent favorite, the Ukraine whistleblower. President Trump marked his 1,000th day in office this week while his total lies during that time now exceeds 13,435 – an average of […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing evidence that the recession in the manufacturing sector has begun to spread into the broader economy. New economic data released this week provides fresh evidence of a slowing economy, particularly – but not exclusively – in the manufacturing sector. That should create fresh concerns among […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts explaining the troubling decline of Americans enrolled for health care coverage. As in past Democratic debates, health care was center stage in Houston last night – coincidentally, three days after troubling new data on coverage was released. After falling dramatically following passage of the Affordable Care […]
