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Search results for "The US stock market this week completed one of its fastest turnarounds in at least 36 years"

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Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2018 in a tweet:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2018
X posts stated on February 05, 2018 in a tweet attributed to @realdonaldtrump:
"If the Dow Joans ever falls more than 1000 ‘points’ in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!"
By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2018
Cheri Beasley stated on August 02, 2022 in a campaign ad:
“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”
By Paul Specht• September 1, 2022
Joni Ernst stated on October 11, 2014 in a debate:
"Iowa has the fourth fastest-growing personal income in the United States, while nationally, the real wage has decreased over the past eight years that Congressman (Bruce) Braley has been there by 2.7 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• October 15, 2014
Greg Walden stated on November 12, 2010 in a radio address:
"The incoming Republican freshman class – well, it’s no ordinary group: nearly half of its roughly 80 members have never served in elective office before."
By Charles Pope• January 17, 2011
Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."
By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2024
Bill White stated on October 04, 2010 in a TV ad:
"Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2010
American International Group stated on January 01, 2013 in a TV ad:
AIG has fully repaid the federal government "plus a profit of more than $22 billion."
By Becky Bowers• January 2, 2013
Jennifer Granholm stated on September 06, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic convention:
Says that Mitt Romney's response to the crisis in the auto industry was, "Let Detroit go bankrupt."
By Jon Greenberg• September 7, 2012
Raphael Warnock stated on October 28, 2020 in an interview:
When Sen. Kelly Loeffler heard about the COVID-19 risk, she “focused on her own portfolio” and "profited from the pandemic."
By Tom Kertscher• October 31, 2020
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference:
"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."  
By Miriam Valverde• February 16, 2017
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
Said he's the only Republican candidate "who's actually turned around a government economy."
By Neil Skene• January 28, 2008
Hillary Clinton stated on June 27, 2016 in remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio:
After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."
By Lauren Carroll• June 28, 2016
Saxby Chambliss stated on April 11, 2012 in a speech:
The fastest-rising expense in the U.S. Defense Department is health care.
By Eric Stirgus• May 2, 2012
AFSCME stated on October 12, 2016 in In a political ad:
"Because as a Senator Toomey stood up for Wall Street. He wanted to privatize Social Security and invest it in the stock market. Wall Street would make billions in fees even if the stock market crashed. "
By Mark Dent• October 21, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi “made millions in coronavirus insider trading.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2020
Richard Hudson stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:
“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”
By Paul Specht• January 30, 2023
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2015 in a town hall in Nashua, N.H.:
"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2015
Rick Scott stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV ad.:
"Alex Sink funneled three quarters of a million dollars in no-bid contracts to Bank of America."
By Aaron Sharockman• October 5, 2010
Donald Trump stated on October 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."
By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2017

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By Robert Farley• May 26, 2011

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