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The sharp cut in tax rates President Trump signed last year was supposed to trigger an investment boom. In June, six months after the tax cuts went into effect, Trump called the tax-cut law an “economic miracle” and said, “Our country is doing so well. I don’t think it’s ever done like this, in terms of the economy.”
The miracle was more like a mirage. One key element of the Republican tax legislation was a sharp cut in the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%, which went into effect at the start of the year. As expected, the tax cuts roughly doubled the growth rate in corporate profits. Investors expected a stock-market rally. Yet equities have wobbled all year and the S&P 500 is now down about 6% in 2018.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trumps-tax-cut-party-officially-204513240.html
The miracle was more like a mirage. One key element of the Republican tax legislation was a sharp cut in the corporate tax rate, from 35% to 21%, which went into effect at the start of the year. As expected, the tax cuts roughly doubled the growth rate in corporate profits. Investors expected a stock-market rally. Yet equities have wobbled all year and the S&P 500 is now down about 6% in 2018.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trumps-tax-cut-party-officially-204513240.html
