Thread: Mnuchin: The stock market is rallying because it believes Trump will 'create signific

Mnuchin: The stock market is rallying because it believes Trump will 'create significant growth'

Tae Kim
September 12, 2017
50 minutes ago

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday said the stock market has surged on expectations President Donald Trump's administration and Congress will pass tax reform.

The S&P 500 has rallied more than 16 percent since the Nov. 8 election through Monday, adding more than $2 trillion in market value to the benchmark, according to S&P.

"There is no question that the stock market has expectations that we're going to get tax reform done," he said at the Delivering Alpha conference presented by CNBC and Institutional Investor. "The stock market has expectations we're going to create significant growth."

Mnuchin also said the Trump administration is considering backdating tax reform to the start of this year to boost the U.S. economy further.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/mnuc...nt-growth.html

It would be good if it was all about taxes, etc.

I hope.

It's also about fixing the trade problems. People may not realize but it all has to be done at once or close together. If companies come back home to enjoy the lower taxes, they want their products made here protected against cheap foreign imports.