Those two events are the kind of thing that, in normal times, are tracked mostly by economists and Wall Street types.
For former President Donald Trump and the Republicans, the narrative is simple: Anything bad you’re feeling about inflation or the job market?
Harris entered the race trailing Trump on a range of issues, including the economy.
If that were the whole story, Trump might have a harder time disparaging Harris’ and President Joe Biden’s economic record.
If the data doesn’t behave, however, then jobs — not inflation — may become the key economic narrative that Harris and Trump will start talking about in their stump speeches.
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New York, Washington