NEW YORK: Investors fixated on earnings and monetary policy are starting to factor in another variable that could sway markets this year: the 2024 US presidential election.
In his State of the Union address on Thursday, US President Joe Biden proposed raising corporate taxes, whereas his opponent, Republican candidate Donald Trump, signed a 2017 law that slashed taxes on companies and the wealthy. Biden also boasted of US economic progress under his tenure.
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