Inflation concerns loom as Trumponomics revs up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump is expected to extend them when many of them expire next year, and has promised more cuts.
52% : Trump is seeking to build a cabinet that partners those with traditional business community interests (think Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary, Lutnick at commerce) with economic nationalists and national security hawks (Marco Rubio as secretary of state) who are especially tough on China.
45% : (Lighthizer might still get a role in the administration, with Trump wanting him as a trade czar.)
42% : Both served in his first administration and are seen as pragmatic, making them known quantities as Trump looks for officials to put in place a tariffs and tax agenda that has already rattled global markets and allies.
42% : Trump said in a social media post last week that Howard Lutnick, the C.E.O. of Cantor Fitzgerald that he tapped for commerce secretary, would get responsibility for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
32% : And Trump has said he could seal a deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf to end an expensive fight between the rival competitions.
27% : Trump puts inflation on the agendaThe inflation risk stalking the markets eased over the summer, but it never really went away.
10% : The Biden administration has called for Google to be forced to spin out its Chrome browser, but Trump has signaled that he's skeptical about forcing the company to break up.Starbucks is said to cut staff bonuses.

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