Labor Day is upon us, that day when we Americans celebrate the most important people in the country: The ones who produce value. The people who work, whether it be on an assembly line or at a keyboard. This is our day.
To mark the occasion, on Monday, on the Fox News morning show "Fox & Friends," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer appeared to talk up the Trump administration's record on the economy - and it ain't bad, not by a long shot.
The Trump administration is marking Labor Day by pointing to falling gas prices and rising wages, casting its economic record as a win for American workers.
"What we're seeing is unemployment definitely holding steady, but we're seeing real wages up. We're seeing blue-collar wages up 1.4%, consumer confidence is up," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Monday on "Fox & Friends."
This comes as headlines point to the lowest Labor Day gas prices since 2020 and the equal-weight S&P 500 logging its "longest winning streak in years," according to market data.
The gas prices alone are worthy of note. Fuel prices, not just gasoline but also (maybe even more so) diesel fuel, can affect everything else everywhere in the economy. An overwhelming majority of goods produced in the United States have to be transported, from manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer, and every step of that process uses fuel, gasoline and diesel. Reducing the cost of fuel can reduce the costs of just about everything else.
Leave it to CNN to try to throw some shade on all this:
Though the Trump administration is confident it set the stage for such positive outcomes through deregulation and increased energy output, not everyone agrees on the cause.
Analysts in a CNN report on gas prices, including CIBC Private Wealth senior energy trader Rebecca Babin, pointed to Saudi Arabia-led OPEC’s willingness to ramp up production as a key factor.
At the same time, the White House is pushing its "America First" vision, framing gas prices, wage growth, and consumer confidence as proof that workers are better off under President Donald Trump's leadership.
And, yes, that's a fair point; an increase in output by OPEC can help. But we might also note the greatly improved relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia, which relations started to improve, amazingly, when President Trump resumed office.
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An economy the size of America's is like a supertanker; it doesn't turn on a dime. But many economic indicators are looking up, and on this Labor Day, it's a good time to stop and take a look at that, and maybe pat ourselves on the back a little.
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There's the illegal immigration angle, too, as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took to her X account to point out, also on Labor Day:
Homeland Security @Sec_Noem sends Labor Day message, saying she and President Trump are putting the “American worker first” — while slamming the Biden administration for allowing 88% of new jobs to go to foreign-born workers. pic.twitter.com/LRsLqlEQ3w
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 1, 2025
Nope. Still not tired of winning yet.
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