Harris is riding a dream economy into the election. It may be too late for voters to notice.
“Voters still feel that day-to-day costs are expensive and thus there is a limit to how much improvement this news will bring for her,” said Democratic pollster Carly Cooperman.
Annual inflation has fallen to 2.4 percent, its slowest pace since early 2021, signaling that the price spikes that have clouded President Joe Biden’s four-year term are over.
The latest numbers, released on Thursday, add to a solid economic picture that’s coming together just weeks before the 2024 election. The question now is whether it’s too late for Vice President Kamala Harris to get credit for it.
