Hasn T: Defense Spending and Trading Partners

hasn t: How come In a word, uncertainty, according to Market Watch. Donald Trump has espoused a number of loose goals such as tax cuts, reduced regulation, higher defense spending, the end of Obamacare and more concessions from trading partners such as China and Mexico. Can he do the same for the U.S. economy in 2017 The U.S. is steering toward the start of a Trump administration at a tepid 2% pace of growth, but hardly anyone expects the new president with ambitious plans to make America great again to get the economy to sizzle right away. Yet he offered very few details about how and when he ll achieve these goals. That hasn t stopped investors from piling into stocks after Trump pulled off a stunning upset to defeat Hillary Clinton. There is too much that is just unknown yet, said Colin Moore, global chief investment officer at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.