In Brazil the entity "the economy" is called "os mercados" meaning "the markets". It is handled by the press as a personality who has humor, wishes, preferences and power. It is actually somewhat funny or curious when you read things like "the markets didn't liked what was said and shares fell".

Of course, it is clear that politics has impact on investors but, other than being able to vote, there should be no other way to influence politics in a democracy.