05-17-2017, 05:21 PM
(05-17-2017, 04:50 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Employment and production is often based on speculation. His pledge to keep jobs in America and desire to withdraw from numerous international trade agreements could very well have a positive effect on the economy and job market.
Then I'm curious what this would mean.
![[Image: gdp_large.png]](https://bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdp_large.png)
Source: https://bea.gov/newsreleases/glance.htm
Seems GDP growth slowed after the election. We could attribute that to Trump. Or, and I'm just going to go out on a limb here, it really has nothing much at all to do with the POTUS unless there is significant fiscal policy change.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
