GOP strategists said they think their prospects continue to improve as voters digest the guilty verdict against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,
positive economic statistics and the prospect of Democrats taking control of one or both chambers of the legislative branch.
Looking forward, I expect that investors will start to focus on the upcoming second quarter earnings announcements and the overwhelmingly
positive economic statistics.
Not exact matches
In order to create
positive «optics,» the United States government consistently massages, manipulates and even totally misrepresents a wide variety of financial,
economic and monetary
statistics (such as GDP, unemployment, inflation, money supply, interest rates, retail sales and many others).
Sadly, closer to home, despite being quick to champion
statistics about this
positive economic impact, we are in danger of becoming victims of our own success.
In the second half of the year, and heading into 2012, most major
economic statistics are exhibiting an encouraging level of stability and
positive, but weak, trends.