More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

More accurately measuring economic sentiment will help build a U.S. economy—and democracy—that works for all

Overview When politicians and members of the media discuss the state of “the economy” in the United States, they often use a small handful of data points. Of all the indicators of economic performance, just four are relied on as the primary gauges of the U.S. fiscal direction: Gross Domestic Product, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index, the inflation rate, and the unemployment rate. Economic measures such as these are seen as objective in the…