Economy

The Key Belief That Determines Support For The Tax Bill
Congress is back from the August work period, and we’ve just come out of the field with a new read on the Big Beautiful Bill. From our latest survey for Winning the Issues (August 30-September 1, 1000 registered voters), we found that many of the same educational challenges that existed

The New Jobs and Wages Numbers
The new jobs report came out on Friday, along with new hourly and weekly earnings. In this here is both good and bad news, but both set up the next key economic measurement — the Consumer Price Index on August 12. First, the good news. Year over year weekly wages

Democrats May Run On Repeal. What Is Their Replacement?
Democratic responses to the recently passed tax bill indicate there is no consensus about their 2026 strategy. Here are a few examples: • Chuck Schumer tried to show concern about the debt and define the bill in terms of health care: One Big, Ugly Betrayal that will increase the debt

3 Key Points From The June Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for June was released Tuesday. Here are three key points from that report: First, the CPI for June increased slightly from May, going from 2.4% to 2.7%. Second, looking at the Presidential Inflation Rate (PIR) — a metric developed by The Winston Group

Is There Hope For The Transatlantic Alliance?
In this week’s meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte, President Trump threatened “very severe” tariffs on Russia if there is no Ukraine deal in 50 days. He also announced the US will sell weapons to NATO to arm Ukraine. In our latest research for Winning the Issues (June 12-14), we explored

Reasons Behind Views Of The Tax Bill, And How To Move Undecideds
Just like we saw with the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the media is out to negatively define the Republican tax bill before it passes. As we highlighted last week, voters are largely undecided about the bill (33-29 favor-oppose, 38% don’t know). Republicans are supportive (55-12) but with large