Business Economists Say Hillary Clinton Is Best for the Economy In a NABE survey,

Source: Wall Street Journal

The National Association for Business Economics surveyed its members ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. Roughly 55% said Mrs. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, would do the best job of managing the economy.

About 14% picked Mr. Trump—slightly less than the 15% who selected Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and the 15% who said they didn’t know or had no opinion. ( The figures didn’t add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.)

The survey of 414 NABE members, released Monday, was conducted July 20 to Aug. 2.

Mr. Trump’s hostility to trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement and his calls to deport illegal immigrants may be costing him support among economists. In the NABE survey, 65% said U.S. trade policy should be more open and free versus 9% who said it should be more protectionist. Only 8% said the U.S. should deport all unauthorized immigrants while 64% backed a program to legalize undocumented immigrants already living in the U.S.

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