Tag: elections and campaigns
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Wall Street is bracing for election results — but Thursday's inflation report may be a bigger deal
New York CNN Business — Wall Street is waiting for the results of Tuesday’s midterm election like the rest of the world, but traders say this week’s inflation report may prove to be far more consequential to markets. “Obviously this midterm election — because democracy is on the ballot — is a big deal in…
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Here's why 75% of likely voters think we are in a recession — even though we're probably not
New York CNN Business — A new CNN poll shows that three-quarters of likely voters feel like the US economy is in a recession. It’s probably not, but that’s not the point. The technical definition of a recession is two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, which the US economy recorded in the first half of…