Surveys suggest that despite cooling inflation and jobs gains, Americans remain deeply skeptical of the president's handling of the post-pandemic economy.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesInflation is "always going to be a risk" in the U.S. due to structural changes in the labor market, according to Nela Richardson, chief economist at payroll processing firm ADP.
Prior to that, interest rates had remained low for a decade as central banks around the world looked to stimulate their respective economies in the wake of the global financial crisis.
"This was an economy built on very close to zero interest rates for 10 years of economic expansion, and that was OK because inflation was super low," she said.
watch now"But now inflation has awakened, and if you look at demographic trends, labor shortages are not going away.
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