WG Economy: New Inflation Trending

WG Economy | David Winston

September 11, 2024

This morning's new inflation report showed a slight moderation in year-over-year inflation (2.5%) but with core inflation up to 3.2% from a year ago. The year-over-year rate is the lowest since March 2021, the month that the American Rescue Plan was passed. But with inflation still well over 2%, this result seems to indicate there might be a smaller rate cut than Wall Street was hoping for, with markets initially dropping after the inflation news. While year-over-year inflation has moderated, prices are still not coming down. The Presidential Inflation Rate - the cumulative rate since the start of the Biden administration - remains over 20% (20.3%). The trend chart below shows the year-over-year rate (the red line) with the cumulative rate (Presidential Inflation Rate) in blue.

WG Discussion Points: What California Means

For Winning The Presidency

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

September 06, 2024

As the presidential race tightens, this brings into question the popular vote and possible surprises in the electoral college. As we've raised in Discussion Points before, vote margins in California versus the rest of the country are key factors in electoral outcomes. In recent election cycles, the Democratic popular vote margins tend to be concentrated in California. The chart below shows these margins from 1992 forward, with numbers in blue showing the Democratic margins and red being the Republican margins. Asterisks denote elections where the electoral college winner did not win the popular vote.

On Wednesday, Chairman David Avella and Fox News Political Analyst Juan Williams joined Fox News Channel's John Roberts on America Reports to provide a recap

of Tuesday evening's Presidential Debate.

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On Thursday, Chairman David Avella and Mark Penn, CEO of Stagwell, joined Fox News Channel's Harris Faulkner on The Faulkner Focus for a discussion on voter perceptions regarding Vice President Harris's clarity during the debate on her economic plans, among other topics.

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