
Tumbling economic sentiment — especially for Dems
from Marketplace
by Marketplace / Kai Ryssdal
Published: Fri Feb 21 2025
Show Notes
American consumers agree: High prices aren’t going anywhere. All that stress about inflation, and throw in the impact of tariffs, heightens uncertainty, which translates into negative economic sentiment. But the severity of concern varies between Republicans and Democrats — a lot. Also in this episode: Private data can’t replace government data, oil tankers “go dark” and though the travel industry enjoyed healthy growth last year, new Trump policies could affect the upward trend.