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Trump’s ‘golden age’ economic message undercut by his desire for much lower interest rates – which typically signal a weak jobs market

  • Written by Joshua Stillwagon, Associate Professor of Economics, Babson College
Trump’s ‘golden age’ economic message undercut by his desire for much lower interest rates – which typically signal a weak jobs marketPresident Donald Trump has said he believes the U.S. economy has entered a ‘golden age’ on his watch.AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

President Donald Trump seems to want to have it both ways on the U.S. economy.

On the one hand, he recently said the economy is in its “golden age” and referred to the U.S. as the “hottest...

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