Politics colors a lot of the way businesses and consumers say they see the world around them, including when it comes to money. "The thing is that people across the population really disagree on whether or not these policy changes are a good thing or a bad thing for the economy." Overall, the response is fairly logical — if you think what's to come is good for you, you feel good about it. What makes this even more complicated is what consumers say they feel isn't even reflected in what they do. Economic sentiment is, of course, an economic indicator, but it's also a political indicator.

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Persons: Ernie Tedeschi, tickled Tedeschi, it's, there's, chuckle, Tedeschi, " Tedeschi, Donald Trump, that's, Joanne Hsu, Trump, Hsu, isn't, Hector Sandoval, Sandoval, Bill Clinton, George W, Bush, Emily Stewart Organizations: Yale Budget Lab, White House Council, Economic Advisers, National Federation of Independent, Corporate, University of Michigan, White House, Republicans, Wall Street, University of Florida, ABC, Business Locations: Michigan