Trump's Economy: A Brief Macroeconomic Analysis

Abstract

The present paper wants to present the current situation of the United States economy, underthe aegis of Donald Trump. For this, we will analyze the main macroeconomic indicators, as wellas the relationship with the trading partners, in terms of trade policies adopted. While the currentUS president initiated 102 investigations of various anti-dumping and countervailing duties fromthe beginning of his official term and until the beginning of March 2018, several additionalcustoms duties have been proposed or applied in the relationship with various partners. And theseaspects will be analyzed in the following, with all the related implications. Its mandate officially started in January of 2017, so we will try to capture the data for this period,in comparison with the previous years.

Keywords

• U.S. economy
• trade policy
• macroeconomic analysis
• investment