Politics is like baseball. Like Australia’s summer pastime, it’s a numbers game, and there’s an old saying that three economic indicators can predict whether or not the incumbent party in the White House will win or lose the presidential election. Having at least two of three of unemployment, inflation and income growth in the favourable column is predictive of victory.
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