Trump's election changed how Americans feel about the economy

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It's generally a rare thing for the person you're interviewing to burst out laughing. But that's what happened to me, recently, on a call with Ernie Tedeschi, the director of economics at the Yale Budget Lab who in March wrapped up a three-year stint on the White House Council of Economic Advisers. The question that evidently tickled Tedeschi: Was the "vibecession" fake? The vibes around the economy — as in, the way consumers and businesses say they feel about it ...