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WASHINGTON (AP) — This holiday season isn’t quite so merry for American shoppers as large shares are dipping into savings, scouring for bargains and feeling like the overall economy is stuck in a rut under President Donald Trump, a new AP-NORC poll finds. The vast majority of U.S. adults say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for groceries, electricity and holiday gifts in recent months, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Roughly half of Americans say it’s harder than usual to afford the things they want to give as holiday gifts, and similar numbers are delaying big purchases or cutting back on nonessential purchases more than they would normally. It’s a sobering assessment for the Republican president, who returned to the White House in large part by promising to lower prices, only to find that inflation remains a threat to his popularity just as it did for Democrat Joe Biden’s presidency. The poll’s findings look very similar to an AP-NORC poll from December 2022, when Biden was president and the country was grappling with higher rates of inflation. Trump’s series of tariffs have added to inflationary pressures and generated anxiety about the stability of the U.S. economy, keeping prices at levels that many Americans find frustrating. The president has insisted there is “no” inflation and the U.S. economy is booming, as he expressed frustration that the public feels differently. “When will people understand what is happening?” Trump said Thursday on Truth Social. “When will Polls reflect the Greatness of America at this point in time, and how bad it was just one year ago?” Most U.S. adults, 68%, continue to say the country’s economy is “poor,” which is unchanged from December 2024, before Trump returned to the presidency. Americans are feeling strained as they continue to see high prices White House officials plan to send Trump barnstorming across the country in hopes of bucking up people’s faith in the economy before next year’s midterm elections. But the president this week in Pennsylvania defended the price increases tied to his tariffs by suggesting that Americans should buy fewer dolls and pencils for children. His message is a jarring contrast with what respondents expressed in the poll, even among people who backed him in the 2024 election. Sergio Ruiz, 44, of Tucson, Arizona, said he is using more buy now, pay later programs to spread out over time the expense of gifts for his children. He doesn’t put a huge emphasis on politics, but he voted for Trump last year and would like to see lower interest rates to help boost his real estate business. He believes that more Americans having higher incomes would help to manage any affordability issues. “Prices are up. What can you do? You need to make more money,” Ruiz said. The poll found that when they do shop, about half of Americans are finding the lowest price more than they would normally. About 4 in 10 are dipping into their savings more than at other times. Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they’re cutting back on expenses or looking for low prices, but many Republicans are budgeting more than usual as well. About 4 in 10 Republicans are looking for low prices more than they usually would, while a similar share are shopping for nonessential items less than usual. Views are largely similar to when Biden was president People felt similarly dismal about holiday shopping and the economy when Biden was president in 2022. Inflation had spiked to a four-decade high that summer. Three years later, inflation has eased substantially, but it’s still running at 3%, a full percentage point above the Federal Reserve’s target as the job market appears to have entered a deep freeze. The survey indicates that it’s the level of prices — and not just the rate of inflation — that is the point of pain for many families. Roughly 9 in 10 U.S. adults, 87%, say they’ve noticed higher than usual prices for groceries…

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Si le gouvernement « liberal » (c’est-à-dire de gauche) de Mark Carney a réussi à faire voter il y a un mois un budget de relance de l’économie prévoyant, comme Contrepoints l’a mentionné, de quasiment doubler le déficit pour l’amener à 78,3 milliards de dollars canadiens, soit environ 48 milliards d’euros (Md€), il entend aussi réduire les dépenses publiques. Il a ainsi annoncé il y a quelques jours la création d’un bureau de la transformation numérique qui sera chargé de déployer des solutions en lien avec l’intelligence artificielle (IA) dans toute l’administration fédérale. Pour le gouvernement, il est indispensable que la fonction publique revoie sa manière de travailler en adoptant l’IA « à grande échelle », seul moyen de réaliser des « gains d’efficacité et d’offrir des services de haute qualité aux citoyens ». Ainsi 40.000 postes de fonctionnaires seront supprimés d’ici 2029, ce qui représente 10% des effectifs et 15 Md€ d’économies. Le projet de loi de finances affirme clairement qu’une « fonction publique allégée est une fonction publique plus autonome et plus productive ». Pour atteindre cet objectif, un programme de retraites anticipées sera proposé aux agents de plus de 50 ans. Si les départs volontaires sont privilégiés, le gouvernement canadien a affirmé qu’il y aurait aussi des licenciements. Comme il se doit, les syndicats ont crié au scandale. Alex Silas de l’Alliance de la fonction publique du Canada (AFPC) a même déclaré que Mark Carney trahissait ses électeurs puisqu’il a été élu pour « sauver le Canada en temps de crise ». Comme si la crise et les difficultés économiques du pays n’avaient rien à voir avec une administration pléthorique ! Cette baisse des effectifs publics se propage aux États fédérés. Par exemple, le gouvernement du Québec vient d’annoncer la suppression de 3.000 postes d’agents pour 2026-2027 après en avoir supprimé 2.000 lors de l’année budgétaire qui vient de s’écouler. Pendant ce temps-là, en France, le gouvernement présente un budget 2026 avec 6.700 postes de fonctionnaires d’État en plus (en équivalents temps plein) : 8.400 recrutements et 1.700 suppressions parmi les opérateurs. L’article Le Canada va supprimer 40 000 postes de fonctionnaires d’ici 2029 est apparu en premier sur Contrepoints.