Economy News What Americans Get Wrong About The Biden Economy

Scott Bessent Says Private Economy 'Booming' Under Trump: 'This Is The Exact Opposite Of What Happened Under Biden'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. private economy is accelerating sharply under President Donald Trump, pointing to a strong expansion in real economic output that excludes government ... Read More

Why so many Americans dislike this fast-growing economy

Data this week showed that the American economy is growing at its fastest pace in two years — and yet polling shows the mood on Main Street is grim. Read More

Trump tells voters the economy is great. It didn't work for Biden.

Harris administration did in the months leading up to last year's contest, Trump argued that the economy is better than Americans tell pollsters they believe it to be, pointing to positive indicators ... Read More

Trump’s flailing on the economy is worse than Biden’s

President Donald Trump’s recent commentary on the economy is drawing plenty of comparisons to then-President Joe Biden’s. In his most dismissive remarks on the topic to date, Trump ratcheted up his ... Read More

The Economy Avoided a Recession in 2025, but Many Americans Are Reeling

A feared recession didn’t materialize, but unemployment rose, wage growth slowed and affordability challenges are mounting. Read More

Voters express economic worries over inflation as costs rise, Fox News poll finds

Voters' views of the economy have dimmed in recent months, as economic concerns that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House are now weighing on his approval ratings in the latest Fox ... Read More

Americans’ economic anxiety grows as job security concerns join affordability worries

Voter frustration over affordability fueled Democratic wins in recent elections. Now job insecurity is deepening Americans’ economic anxiety heading into the 2026 midterms. President Trump’s ... Read More

57 percent say Trump more responsible for economy than Biden: Poll

A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that a majority of respondents believe President Trump is more responsible for the state of the economy than former President Biden. The poll, released ... Read More

Trump’s ‘A+++++’ Review of Economy Clashes with Americans’ Perceptions

President Donald Trump on Tuesday credited himself with overcoming the economic "disaster" left by his predecessor and gave his economy an “A+++++” rating, but the experiences of most Americans paint ... Read More

Why do pessimistic pundits keep getting Trump’s economy so wrong?

Even more surprising than the blockbuster 4.3% economic growth rate recorded in the third quarter of 2025 was the fact that some 90% of the nation’s professional economists got it all wrong. These ... Read More