Role of inflation in US elections gives government food for thought

EconomyMacroeconomy Tags: Cost of living, CPI

The PM’s office must have been following nervously the results in the US presidential elections and the qualitative findings from the exit polls as the economy dominated the factors that determined the vote of the American electorate.

Affordability was central in the US election campaign as the cost of living has caused strain in the household budgets of large parts of the American public to varied degrees in different regions and ethnic groups.

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