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Every now and again over the past two years, we’ve asked the question — will the 2024 elections hinge on the economy? The key figures we’ll be watching: (1) the unemployment rate, (2) the price of food and energy and (3) the Federal Reserve’s path forward on interest rates.

Time short for big economic changes before election

Every now and again over the past two years, we’ve asked the question — will the 2024 elections hinge on the economy?

Perhaps that’s an unanswerable question. And there are certainly all kinds of factors at play here (anyone watch the debate?) — especially in the presidential race, which typically reverberates down the ballot.

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