There is no way that the Republican-controlled Senate would support a substantial increase in spending on social programs, even if the House approved it.
Trump has used the presidential bully pulpit to cajole the Federal Reserve into further inflating asset prices by enjoining it to lower interest rates.
Rates of wage growth aren’t spectacular, but the increase is a positive sign. The unemployment rate had been on a downward path since 2010, as the economy was recovering from the Great Recession.
The trend towards language simplification, typical of advertising slogans, is the same that enhances a the all-pervading presence of the so-called “pundits-”
