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How much credit does a president get for the stock market from Marketplace?

I'm Subrey Beneshore in for Kimberly Adams.

President Trump rang Wall Street's opening bell yesterday from the Oval Office.

This was to mark the launch of the Trump accounts program, basically retirement savings

accounts for kids. Children born between 2025 and 2028 can get $1,000 from the Treasury Department

to kick things off. President Trump also took the opportunity to link his presidency to the

stock market. He pointed to dozens of record-breaking highs under his tenure. Bradley Saunders is

here to talk about that. He is North America economist at Capital Economics. Bradley, welcome.

Thanks for having me on. So President Trump wants some credit for the stock market's performance.

Can you remind us overall how stocks have been doing since he came into office? Well, they've been doing very well, certainly.

But the extent to which we can attribute that to Trump's policymaking is dubious.

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