📈 Inflation is rising
📉 Jobs are stalling
💸 Families are cutting back on essentials like groceries + health care
Only 37% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy — and it’s no wonder why.
Latino small businesses. Farmworkers. Families at the grocery store.
They’re all paying the price for Trump’s tariffs + rising prices.
The labor market for entry-level workers is “dire.”
In fact, “the entire job market is actually pretty bad,” reports @axios.
More tariffs = more uncertainty for working families.
This isn’t economic security. It’s economic cruelty.
🚨 Millions of Americans could see their health insurance premiums skyrocket by as much as 600% if Republicans let ACA tax credits expire on Nov. 1.
Instead of working to lower health care costs, Trump & Rs in Congress are threatening a government shutdown. Families will pay the…
Rising electricity rates are hitting just about everyone, despite Trump’s vow to bring down energy costs.
The five states about to get hit the hardest with rising rates are 👇
Missouri, North Dakota, New Jersey, Iowa, & Montana 😬
Trump promised to lower costs. Here’s where that stands:
🚨New data shows Trump’s economy is hitting families with a double whammy: rising prices + shrinking job opportunities.
60% of Americans say their household finances are worsening - nearly double last year!
Reader, prices are up.
Inflation is high, growth is slowing, the job market is stalled.
There’s a new Camp Rock, labubus are everywhere.
NBER might not say so yet but our economy quacks like a recession.
People are facing a 600% premium increase in January but what they are actually yearning for is more tax advantaged health savings accounts
Inflation remains above target in BEA’s latest release.
• Aug PCE: 2.7% rise from last year
• Aug Core PCE: 2.9%
Big drivers in services:
• Health care
• Financial services and insurance
• Housing and utilities
But some prices ticking up for other essentials:
• Beef
•…
🌲 ⚠️ In normal times, folks could rely on seasonal work for extra money during the holidays. We are no longer in normal times.
This holiday season, fewer than 500,000 seasonal retail jobs will be added — the lowest in 16 years.
👉 Tariffs are driving up costs on essentials
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The people have spoken: Trump is not strong on or good for the economy.
The increased cost of living is causing folks to rethink their ideal American dream.
Thanks, Trump.
Credit card companies are charging the highest interest rates EVER recorded—and families are trapped in a cycle of debt as a result.
Our poll with @groundwork shows that capping credit card interest rates is more popular than Santa.
