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We all remember one phrase from the first presidential campaign by a Clinton. When Bill Clinton was running for the job in the early 1990s, one of his staff explained what the central issue in the election was. "It's the economy, stupid." he said. Economics explains all - jobs, prices, savings, houses. It determines the public mood and sets the political agenda.

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