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Presidential Race Having Adverse Effects On U.S. Economy
- The Wall Street Journal, Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:35 AM
Over 80% of respondents in a Wall Street Journal survey of economists said that the current election cycle is creating “an unusual muddle.” Some 57% of respondents said that the economy has suffered, at least a bit, as a result of the uncertainty around the presidential election. GDP growth forecasts for 2016 were revised downwards from 2.0% to 1.8%.
