RE: Economy
True. But the annual growth rate of 2.8% is well below what Trump and the GOP claimed they would create through tax cuts. It also fell just a hair short of matching Obama's best year. Virtually every forecaster I've seen (unless they are a Trump toady playing economist on tv) expects 2019 & 2020 to be weaker than 2018.
So the White House is touting a different figure: emphasizing 4 consecutive quarter average growth instead. Which is this case is 3.1%. But there again, Obama had growth of 3%+ over 4 consecutive quarters at least 4 different times.
True. But the annual growth rate of 2.8% is well below what Trump and the GOP claimed they would create through tax cuts. It also fell just a hair short of matching Obama's best year. Virtually every forecaster I've seen (unless they are a Trump toady playing economist on tv) expects 2019 & 2020 to be weaker than 2018.
So the White House is touting a different figure: emphasizing 4 consecutive quarter average growth instead. Which is this case is 3.1%. But there again, Obama had growth of 3%+ over 4 consecutive quarters at least 4 different times.
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