- March 5, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
The flurry of activity in recent days reflects an urgent, stepped-up campaign to convince Americans that Biden is steering the country back to prosperity, an effort that’s likely to last until the November election. But so far, Biden has had strikingly little luck persuading voters, rocked by high inflation, that the economy is headed in the right direction, despite numerous signs of strength.
The White House is well aware of the problem. “That’s a really complicated question,” said Cecilia Rouse, chair of Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers, when asked Friday why Biden isn’t getting credit for the good economic news.
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Rouse said the White House is seeing data showing that people feel their own finances are “fairly healthy,” but “they see the kind of uncertainty in the economy that is there.” She added, “We are a pandemic-scarred society. That’s not just the economy. There’s uncertainty as we…
