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This is the third in an occasional series about Donald Trump's statements and language and what's at stake in the election. Something is clearly happening with Donald Trump. Even a [...]

Donald Trump has flip-flopped on many issues: Today, he says he's pro-life; in 1999, he said, ''I'm very pro-choice.'' Last year, he said Republicans should ''never give up!'' on trying [...]

This is the second in an occasional series about Donald Trump's statements and language and what's at stake in the election. Do you remember the California electricity crisis of 2000 [...]

It's hard to overstate just how good recent economic numbers have been. On Friday, we learned that job growth is still solid while unemployment remains historically low. I think it's [...]

On Tuesday, I was part of a City University of New York event about economic perceptions, which was briefly disrupted by a protester yelling out that President Biden isn't helping [...]

On Tuesday, I was part of a City University of New York https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/perceptions-economy-and-impact-election about economic perceptions, which was briefly disrupted by a protester yelling out that President Biden isn’t helping [...]

In the world according to JD Vance, immigrants are the root of all evil. During his debate with Tim Walz, he argued that they’re responsible for https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-debate-immigration-housing-prices-real-estate-federal-reserve/. Economists were quick [...]

So, will we have a ticker-tape parade to celebrate V-I -- victory over inflation -- Day? I guess not, but we appear to have pulled it off. The Federal Reserve's [...]

It seems hard to believe now, but in 2021, Time named Elon Musk its Person of the Year. True, that designation doesn't necessarily equate to a stamp of approval. But [...]

Donald Trump has been ridiculed, rightly, for his answer, during his debate with Kamala Harris, about whether he had a plan for health care coverage that would either replace or [...]

In one sense, you could say that Wednesday's decision by the Federal Reserve to cut rates was of minimal importance. The interest rate the Fed more or less directly controls [...]

In another time and place, the Trump-Vance campaign's decision to go all in on the unfounded claim that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are stealing and eating pets might be kind [...]

Kamala Harris exceeded my expectations in her debate with Donald Trump on Tuesday. I knew that she was smart, but for whatever reason, many insiders have questioned her political talent. […]

This is the first in an occasional series about Donald Trump's statements and language and what's at stake in the election. On Saturday, at a rally in Wisconsin, Donald Trump [...]

Lately I've become obsessed with bacon -- or, more accurately, with Donald Trump's obsession with the price of bacon, which has long been his favorite gauge of inflation. For it [...]

There were local elections in several German states a few days ago, and the results — a https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/world/europe/east-germany-elections-afd.html by the Alliance for Germany or AfD, a right-wing extremist party — [...]

Once upon a time there was an emperor who loved being fashion-forward. So he was receptive to some fast-talking tailors who promised to make him a suit out of new, [...]

My https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/opinion/inflation-trump-harris-powell.html is about how inflation is fading as both an economic and a political issue — which is good news for Kamala Harris and bad news for Donald Trump. [...]

Last week was full of speeches. Most of those that attracted national attention were at the Democratic National Convention, culminating in Vice President Kamala Harris's big moment on Thursday. But [...]

I was mugged in Cambridge, Mass., back in 1979. I wasn't hurt; I matter-of-factly handed over my wallet, and that was that. But I'd be lying if I said I [...]

Surging inflation during President Biden’s first two years took a huge toll on his popularity, and the memory of that inflationary episode is probably the main reason that, at least [...]

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first big economic policy speech as the Democratic presidential nominee. It was, of course, very different from the 'economic' speech and news [...]

Like everyone who follows this stuff, I'm a bit awe-struck by the polling shift since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. We [...]

On Saturday, Kamala Harris was asked to respond to Donald Trump’s https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/trump-says-he-should-get-a-say-on-federal-reserve-interest-rate-decisions.html that the president should have a say in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions. She was https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/10/harris-trump-federal-reserve-independence-election.html, saying, [...]

The data keep telling us that inflation is basically over as a problem. This morning we got the latest report on https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm, and it was “soft.” That’s a good indicator [...]

Donald Trump has been using an ugly word to describe Vice President Kamala Harris. No, I don't mean privately calling her the B-word, although he reportedly does. I mean ''communist,'' [...]

You could say that Tim Walz became the Democratic vice-presidential nominee with one weird trick -- that is, by using that word to describe Donald Trump and JD Vance, a [...]

Como estadounidense de cierta edad, conozco a bastantes personas a las que sus médicos les han advertido que son https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prediabetes/symptoms-causes/syc-20355278. Es decir, que su nivel de azúcar en sangre es [...]

On Oct. 19, 1987, Black Monday, stock prices https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1987, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling 22.6 percent in a day. Many commentators rushed to explain what triggered the crash [...]

As an American of a certain age, I know quite a few people who've been warned by their doctors that they're prediabetic. That is, their blood sugar is sufficiently elevated [...]

There’s an old joke about a motorist who runs over a pedestrian, then says, “I’m sorry. Let me fix that” — so he backs up and runs over the pedestrian [...]

I didn't anticipate the political twists and turns of the past few weeks, but then, who did? One thing I do blame myself for not seeing coming, however, is the […]

Do you remember the 2023 recession? I hope not, because it didn’t happen. But back in 2022 there were so many https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/business/economy/economy-soft-landing.html of imminent recession that I wonder whether some [...]

There are talented politicians, there are untalented politicians, and then there's JD Vance -- I mean, he tried to calm the furor over his ''childless cat ladies'' remarks by feebly [...]

You may have heard about JD Vance's ''childless cat ladies'' riff. But even if you have, it's worth revisiting the full quote -- and reminding yourself of what it says [...]

On the eve of the 2020 election Donald Trump, in a post on the platform formerly known as Twitter, https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-police-economy-3082b995c1fd89129671b245797bc902 that “This election is a choice between a TRUMP RECOVERY [...]

Obviously, the big political news of the past couple of days has come from the Democratic side. But before last week's Republican National Convention fades from view, let me focus […]

Donald Trump has a thing about crime. His 2017 inaugural speech was all about “https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/opinion/presidential-inauguration-2017/trump-gives-us-american-carnage,” the wave of violence he claimed was sweeping the nation’s cities. His https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/trump-rnc-speech-transcript.html last night [...]

J.D. Vance once feared that Donald Trump might become 'America's Hitler.' Now he's Trump's running mate. But never mind that history. Trump and Vance have a lot of things, including […]

I'm not going to speculate about the effect of Saturday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the 2024 presidential race. I will, however, make one observation: Some on the political [...]

Out of many major political figures in the United States, J.D. Vance may have had the single worst reaction to Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump: He https://x.com/JDVance1/status/1812280973628965109 without presenting [...]

While Democrats tear themselves apart over President Biden's disastrous debate performance and his refusal to consider stepping aside, the Republican National Committee, without much fanfare, has released its 2024 platform. [...]

One of my go-to economic data experts emailed on Thursday morning about the latest https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/business/june-inflation-data.html, which showed prices actually falling in June and up only 3 percent over the past [...]

The past two years have been very good for the U.S. economy. Unemployment has crept up a bit, but not by a lot, and the employed share of Americans in [...]

Here are three true things about President Biden: He has done an excellent job as president. He has been ludicrously mistreated -- his every verbal or physical stumble dissected and […]

Imagine yourself as a small-business owner who produces something — say, plastic lawn ornaments — for American consumers. (One of my uncles actually was in that business.) Then for some [...]

France held the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections on Sunday, and its ''far right'' party won big. I put that in quotes because right-wing parties in Europe can [...]

France held the first of two rounds of parliamentary elections on Sunday, and its “far right” party won big. I put that in quotes because right-wing parties in Europe can […]

What will happen in November’s election? I have no idea, and neither does anyone else. But I thought it might be worth flagging a development that probably isn’t getting enough [...]

After Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts, the Heritage Foundation -- a right-wing think tank that has, among other things, produced the Project 2025 agenda, a blueprint for [...]