On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts explaining how the escalating trade war has taken a toll on the manufacturing sector and continues to weigh heavily on investment spending. Following disappointing new economic data and the imposition of still more tariffs on China over the weekend, the stock marked wobbled on Tuesday, leaving […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing the accelerating toll that Trump’s trade war has taken on US exporters, consumers, and the stock market. The stock market cratered Monday; major indices plunged by 3% and more than $700 billion of value was lost. Full credit for that debacle goes to President Trump for […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how the latest budget agreement has once again thrown all fiscal decency out the window. The White House and Congressional Democrats just passed a new budget deal to avoid a looming government shutdown – but at the cost of more federal spending as trillion dollar deficits […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how Q2 fundraising totals for the 2020 presidential elections separated the crowded field into big winners and many laggards. The second quarter fundraising totals are now in and perhaps not surprisingly, they mostly mirror the Democratic hopefuls’ standing in the public opinion polls. And they […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday, Steven Rattner presented charts documenting that while polls show a positive net approval of Trump’s handling of the economy, many Americans continue to be left behind. His analysis and charts appear below and are also posted on The New York Times Opinion page. A major new poll released Sunday showed that […]
At the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival, Steve Rattner presented charts assessing the question of whether the economy is performing as well as it appears on the surface.
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts debunking Trump’s latest claims that the economy under his tenure is the strongest in history or even better than under his immediate predecessor. Donald Trump’s interview Sunday with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press was filled with lies and exaggerations, including with respect to the economy. “Obama […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how a confluence of factors including Trump’s tariff actions and global growth fears have recently gripped the markets, raising talk of a potential recession. Almost without warning, economic signals are starting to flash yellow and in some cases, red. For that unwelcome development, hold President […]
On MSNBC’s Morning Joe today, Steven Rattner presented charts showing how Trump’s accelerating Twitter activity has become less novel to his followers. If it feels like President Trump’s Twitter finger has been itchier than usual of late, that’s because it has been. Having dispatched more than 42,000 tweets, Mr. Trump has been a prolific user […]
Last week, Steven Rattner presented charts on MSNBC’s Morning Joe showing that if the 2020 election were held today, Donald Trump would have a huge tailwind because of incumbency and the recent strong performance of the economy. The economy invariably ranks among the top issues on the minds of voters in presidential elections. At the […]
