Rick Newman

Columnist, Yahoo Finance; book author

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Sep. 25, 2020

This week in Trumponomics: Maybe Bidenomics will be better

President Trump seems to have thrown in the towel on an economic agenda for a second term. He should be hectoring Congress to pass more coronavirus stimulus, but he’s saying practically nothing about it as unemployment worsens and the stock market…

Sep. 25, 2020

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Trump’s health care sham

More than three and a half years into his four-year term, President Trump has finally revealed something he calls his health care plan. The upcoming election against Democratic nominee Joe Biden might have something to do with it. Part 1 of Trump’s…

Sep. 24, 2020

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If voters’ top concern is health care, Biden will win

Health care is typically one of the top three voter concerns. In the 2018 midterm elections—one year after Republicans tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act—health care ranked as the single most important issue for voters, helping…

Sep. 23, 2020

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Biden’s ads are swamping Trump’s

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has opened a surprising fundraising lead over President Trump, with $141 million more in the bank than the Trump campaign has. And that cash is funding a surge of Biden ads in swing states and beyond. The…

Sep. 21, 2020

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How Democrats can save Obamacare

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides a new opportunity for conservatives to kill the Affordable Care Act, which is on the court’s agenda this fall. On Nov. 10—one week after the 2020 elections—the court will hear a case…

Sep. 14, 2020

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How Trump can still beat Biden

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has led President Trump in the polls for months, and Trump continues to slump. The new Bob Woodward book casts Trump as a two-faced charlatan lying to the public about the risks of the coronavirus. Congress…

Sep. 11, 2020

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This week in Trumponomics: Washington is done helping

In March and April, Republicans and Democrats in Congress put aside their usual bickering and passed desperately needed stimulus bills to blunt the full effects of a stunning recession. And... That was it. Most economists and even most politicians…

Sep. 10, 2020

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Trump’s spotty record on manufacturing jobs

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is visiting swing-state manufacturing regions to bash President Trump’s record on factory jobs. “President Trump has broken just about every promise he’s ever made to American workers and he has failed our…

Sep. 8, 2020

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How GM plans to leapfrog Tesla

In the Wild World of Tesla, a 10% move in the stock price is a routine day on the rollercoaster. But for stodgy old General Motors, it’s a sign something radical is happening. GM’s (GM) stock price jumped 9.8% on Sept. 8 after the automakers…

Sep. 8, 2020

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Why Trump stopped talking about Obamacare

In 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised voters he would “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. President Trump failed to do that. And as he runs for reelection in 2020, Trump has nothing to say about the ACA anymore. But Trump is…

Sep. 4, 2020

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This week in Trumponomics: Half the jobs are back

“Great Jobs Numbers!” President Trump tweeted on Sept. 4. Er, depends how you look at it. The story on the economy right now is basically this: We’re part of the way into an economic recovery that’s going to take a long time. Progress during the last…

Sep. 2, 2020

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Biden’s top economic priority isn’t what you think

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has plans to expand health care, rebuild infrastructure, help college students, address climate change and build more affordable housing. But none of those things is his top economic priority. Instead, Job 1…

Sep. 1, 2020

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How Biden would undo the Trump tax cuts

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says that, if elected president, he would seek to repeal most of the 2017 Trump tax cuts. But which ones? It’s a source of some confusion. Conservative news sites are circulating a remark Biden made in South…

Aug. 28, 2020

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This week in Trumponomics: Here come the big layoffs

The first four months of the coronavirus recession were a tense holding period. Congress passed enough aid to bridge most businesses and workers through the end of July, as governors and mayors tested trial-and-error ways of reopening their economies…

Aug. 28, 2020

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A phony economy attended the Republican convention

Obama-Biden: Terrible Trump0Pence: Remarkable This is the version of economic history you heard if you tuned into the Republican convention this week. President Trump and many other speakers assailed the dark ages of the Obama-Biden administration,…

Aug. 26, 2020

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The Trump campaign’s bogus boom times

At the Republican National Convention on August 25, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow previewed how the Trump campaign plans to characterize the economy over the next 10 weeks, leading into Election Day: It’s booming! “There’s a housing boom,…

Aug. 25, 2020

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5 campaign promises Trump has given up on

President Trump has kept about one-fourth of his 2016 campaign promises, according to Politifact. The big ones: Cutting taxes, renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, slapping tariffs on Chinese imports and withdrawing from the Paris…

Aug. 24, 2020

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As their convention begins, some Republicans revolt

President Trump will make his case for a second term this week amid notable opposition—from within his own party. The Republican National Convention will feature many well-known members of the Trump orbit, including most of his kids, the Republican…

Aug. 21, 2020

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This week in Trumponomics: The two market bubbles get bigger

The last recession, from 2007 to 2009, was brutal because of twin crashes in both the financial and housing markets. The S&P 500 plunged 56% from top to bottom, and home values fell 27%. The daunting loss of wealth took years to recover and left…

Aug. 20, 2020

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Steve Bannon, revealed as a petty grifter

Steve Bannon was worth as much as $48 million when he got involved in the scam that may end up sending him to prison. Bannon enjoyed worldwide fame, or at least notoriety, as the kingmaker who got Donald Trump elected president of the United States…