Trump Reacts to Strong August Jobs Report With Inflation Complaint
The August gain topped expectations as Trump complained the stronger labor market could fuel inflation and higher interest rates.
- On Friday, the August jobs report showed a gain of 162,000, triple Wall Street consensus, yet President Donald Trump reacted with frustration, launching into an Oval Office grievance session about inflation and interest rates.
- Trump has spent 20 months promising an economic boom, but rising inflation concerns and a national debt crossing the $40 trillion threshold have weighed on his party ahead of Election Day.
- Actual August job gains surpassed 217,000 including revisions, while rates on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose to 4.79% on Friday, underscoring market sensitivity to inflation.
- With his economic approval rating at 32% this summer, Trump vented in the Oval Office that "stupidity causes inflation," declaring it "crazy" that stock markets fell on inflation concerns.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick argue that artificial intelligence, tax cuts, and tariffs will boost productivity and factory work in America.
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Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him
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“The Trump Boom” – Trump Touts Massive Economic News
President Donald Trump is celebrating strong economic news, pointing to 162,000 jobs added in August in a Labor Day message honoring American workers. Trump said the figure was nearly three times higher than predictions from economists surveyed by Bloomberg, while using the report to highlight what he calls the “Trump Boom.” Trump also credited his administration’s “Fair Trade Policies” and the use of tariffs with resetting the global economy an…
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The New York LedgerLARRY KUDLOW: Trump’s economic boom - the greatest story never told
Right on cue, the press got ready to print a bad jobs report for August, and then SLAM, the number comes out up 162,000. About three times the Wall Street consensus. Of course, most of Wall Street and their liberal pals in the press just love to ignore eight straight months of Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index increases, and 15 straight monthly ISM services index increases. And tremendous gains in industrial production and cons…
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