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There has been a boom in the economic growth under the 19 months President Donald

Trump’s administration. Under his tenure, the American economy has rapidly grown to what

experts thought was not possible. The rate of GDP growth has been 3%. Amid corporate

profits surge the stock market has plunged to 27%. The critics of his government, who

include Democrats, a legion of Wall Street economists believe that this will not last. They,

however, acknowledge that the recent figures are the achievements of Trump and not owing

to the policies that were there before he took office.

The confidence of business has continued to soar due to the softer regulatory

surrounding. In 18 years the sentiments by the consumers are at their highest level. The

profits made by corporates are close to getting new records. All these accomplishments can

be bound directly to the fresh policies or indirectly through a business sense of hope that

White House fully support them. The confidences level indicates that the Trump government

is trying to make it easier to carry out business as well as hiring. This has had a palpable and

a positive effect.

The best performance in 4 years has been achieved, where the GDP gained recently

4.2% during the second quarter. The rate of unemployment is at 3.9%, one-tenth of a

percentage point above the 1969 lowest level. During the Trump tenure, about 3.9 million

who were unemployed have now gotten jobs. The economists have described the economy

with a term “full employment”. The employment had gone down by 2.6 million, in the same

period under the rule of former president Barack Obama. In total the economy has grown by

$ 1.4 trillion during Trump second quarter. During the same period under Obama, the

economy only gained $ 481 billion. Enterprises are investing, innovation is rising and the

consumers are consuming.

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Trump promised to chop the regulations that were gagging the enterprise activities.

This approach has enabled him to win followers from the business community even though

the moves towards deregulation has not been ambitious as intended. In the recent National

Federation of Independent Business reading explained that small enterprise owners made a

report of assertive hiring plans. There were 6.7 million employment openings and only 6.6

million of the Americans were classified as being unemployed. The small businesses priority

has been expansions and does not show any sign of slowing down as their major goal is to

improve their sales and enhance business conditions.

The regions in America have gone through serious economic divergence. The

metropolitan areas which are rich have become even richer. They have attracted the fastest

developing industries in the nation. However, the rural areas and small towns have been left

behind, developing an economic trump that has been left behind by the intellectual economy.

The criteria by the Amazon headquarters have explained the divergence forces. The new

economy businesses need pools of educated employees which are only available in rich and

big metropolitan areas. Trump changed the lagging regions in America solid red. The Trump

government is intending to enhance the American lives in the lagging regions. 1

This is through guaranteeing healthcare access and raise their earning with policies

and wage subsidies.2 The economic program by trump was simple and it included an attack

on regulations and taxes as well as spending more on the military and infrastructure that

would help in creating a supply shock to a declining economy. On the side of tax, Trump

advanced through an enormous $ 1.5 trillion reform strategy. This plan shreds the highest-in-

the-world organization from 35% to 21% and brought down the rates for so many taxpayers.

1
Bédard, Mathieu. NAFTA: Donald Trump's Criticisms are Unfounded. Montreal Economic Institute,
2016.
2
Inglehart, Ronald, and Pippa Norris. "Trump, Brexit, and the rise of populism: Economic have-nots
and cultural backlash." (2016).
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However, the individuals cut will expire in 2025. In deregulation, he directed that the

regulations be disregarded across the board. During Trump first year of the administration,

significant regulatory activities had gone down 74% from where it had been during the

Obama administration period. This is in accordance with the collected data by Bridget

Dooling, who was a professor in research at GW’s Regulatory Studies Centre. The small-cap

stocks have continued to outperform the broader market, accumulating 23% over the last

twelve months at a period when the S&P 500 is ranging 17%.

The federal register, where the rules for business are stored, serving as a regulatory

activity proxy, was 19.2% lesser from the Inauguration Day until 16th August under Trump as

compared to the same period of Obama. Dooling stated that the current changes in regulation

from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Education and Labour department will

enhance deregulation in a more meaningful way. Adding to the benefits of deregulations, the

actual tax cuts benefits have not properly kicked in, he attributes the fresh economic growth

to the free trade as opposed to the tax cuts. The benefits of the tax cuts are expected soon.

In conclusion, Trump has positively impacted on the America economy. This has

been achieved through the creation of a conducive environment where business can prosper.

The GDP has gone up and the unemployment rate has drastically reduced. His war on tariff

could affect the economy in the long-term. The countries are likely to adjust their policies if

they see United State as being unreliable in trading.3

3
Rogoff, Kenneth. "The Trump Boom?." Project Syndicate(2016).
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Bibliography

Rogoff, Kenneth. "The Trump Boom?." Project Syndicate(2016).

Inglehart, Ronald, and Pippa Norris. "Trump, Brexit, and the rise of populism: Economic have-

nots and cultural backlash." (2016).

Bédard, Mathieu. NAFTA: Donald Trump's Criticisms are Unfounded. Montreal Economic

Institute, 2016.

Qisheng, Wu. "Trump's New Trade Policy: Concepts, Agendas and Constraints." China Int'l

Stud. 69 (2018): 66.