Economic data released last week was benign, cementing expectations that inflation is on a sustained downtrend. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman on Friday took exception to comments made by Republican presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley. What Happened: Haley offered a bleak take on the economy in a campaign speech in her home state of South Carolina on Wednesday. Criticizing her GOP rival Donald Trump for throwing a temper tantrum, Haley said, “He [Trump] didn’t talk about the American people once he talked about revenge. He didn’t talk about the fact that we’ve got an economy in shambles an…