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Trumponomics: Rhetoric versus reality

If implemented in full on day one, Donald Trump’s trade, immigration and fiscal policies would together be stagflationary. We suspect that he will be forced to water down his plans, however, and it could take some time to implement them.  The upshot is that the impacts on both inflation and GDP growth should be smaller than many anticipate.

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