Bankrate Survey and Wage Growth

wage: On the eve of the 2018 midterms, unemployment is at a nearly 50-year low and there are more jobs than unemployed people to fill them, which bodes well for the party in power, according to CNN. Still, wage growth has been slow, and the rising tide hasn't reached everyone Only 38% of respondents to a Bankrate survey from October said their personal financial situations had improved over the two years Donald Trump has been President. All of them play out against the backdrop of whatever's going on in the economy, and whether voters feel they have more jobs and better wages because of the party in power. Voters typically don't respond to the economy in midterms as much as they do in presidential elections, but Trump has made this election into a referendum on the economic policies he and the Republican Party have implemented, from tax cuts to tariffs. Conditions vary across congressional districts, many of which still have pockets of poverty even a decade into America's recovery from recession, and have industries that variably benefit or suffer from tax cuts, tariffs, and regulatory change. And here's the thing The economy isn't a monolith. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.