The embers of the blazing Trump economy of 2019 are still burning, despite the COVID-19 adversity they face. As evidence of the strong foundation the president has built for America’s economy, job openings are now almost back to pre-coronavirus panic levels. The WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford reports: The number of job openings in the U.S. has […]

Josh Mitchell reports in the WSJ: The U.S. labor market continued to rebound in October, as employers added 638,000 jobs and sent unemployment down sharply amid signs the economy is healing from the pandemic-induced downturn. Jobs grew for the sixth straight month, the workforce expanded and the unemployment rate fell a percentage point to 6.9%, […]

In the WSJ, James Freeman takes time out to thank President Trump for setting the table for a robust economic rebound. Mr. Trump enacted pro-growth reductions in tax and regulatory burdens, and has lately been wisely resisting a multi-trillion-dollar stimulus plan from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.).

In Alan Blinder’s recent op-ed “The Trump ‘Jobs Boom’ Is a Convenient Myth” (WSJ op-ed, Oct. 22), Mr. Binder fails to inform readers what Donald Trump accomplished during his pre-pandemic first term: Reversed 15 years of declining labor force participation. Drove jobless rates to a 50-year low. Advanced black employment to record levels. After 16 […]

Originally posted June 3, 2020.  At The American Spectator, R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. explains that, until the unpredictable effect of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump was the best jobs creator ever for America’s minority citizens. He writes (abridged): As I watched the television last week and listened to the learned sages pronounce about America, I […]

In The Wall Street Journal, Lawrence B. Lindsey explains that, whereas the Obama/Biden administration failed to meet expectations for economic recovery, the Trump administration has blown them away. He writes: There’s often more to the macroeconomy than what meets the eye. My friend Alan Blinder published an op-ed recently declaring that the employment surge during Donald Trump’s […]

Originally posted on October 9, 2019. In sharp contrast to the media narrative about President Trump’s economic efforts are the data themselves. Stephen Moore explains at Fox News just how strong Trump’s economy is. He writes: The latest Census Bureau Current Population Survey data now show that middle-class incomes, after adjusting for inflation, have surged […]

Originally posted July 10, 2020. Back in June, I told you about the cavalcade of trucks supplying America’s reopening. I told you then of my trip up the East Coast “Especially noticeable was the vast number of trucks carrying lumber to mills and job sites.” In the Wall Street Journal, Ryan Dezember explains why lumber […]