A robust U.S. economy that has proved solid and durable will be one of the highlights Tuesday night when President Trump gives his third State of the Union address. TAXESMost analysts do think Trump’s tax plan helped accelerate growth, just not the way he had promised. “The Trump tax cuts were a sugar high that juiced the economy temporarily,” said Ryan Sweet, an economist at Moody’s Analytics. But manufacturing jobs barely grew last year as factories hunkered down in the midst of the trade wars. In fact, manufacturing jobs, once a safeguard of the postwar middle class, now pay less on average than private-sector jobs overall, Baker said.

Source: Fox News February 04, 2020 03:00 UTC