Unemployment is low and growth is solid, but the president’s 2020 rivals are challenging the Trump economic record on several fronts. Source: NYT > Business – Jim Tankersley and Ben Casselman
Record Ratings for Democratic Debate as America Tunes In to 2020
Nearly 18.1 million people watched Thursday’s debate on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, the biggest television audience yet for a Democratic primary debate. Source: NYT > Business – Michael M. Grynbaum
Democrats Confront Divisions Over Health Care in Debate
The “show of hands” question underscores how an issue that united the party in 2018 has potential to fracture it in 2020. Source: NYT > Business – Abby Goodnough and Thomas Kaplan
Strategies: ‘Medicare for All’ Is Hammering Health Care Stocks. For Now.
The popularity of proposals for a government-run, single-payer system among Democratic presidential candidates has hurt health care stocks, despite their strong earnings. Source: NYT > Business – JEFF SOMMER