A Voter's Guide to the Economy

As incomes stagnate, energy costs escalate, mortgages reset and lending tightens, voters say they are getting more worried about the economy spiraling — taking their standard of living along with it. To reverse those trends, the next President will have to come up with creative solutions to five big economic challenges: spending, taxes, trade, health care and energy. Here's how the candidates would take on those issues.

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Grading the Candidates on the Economy

A guide to where each candidate stands on the economy, and policies that could turn away a looming recession