How do our economic indicators look?
GDP growth...not good and heading the wrong way
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The Markets...not good, stagnant...In the 557 days of the trade war this is how they have done...
DJI up 1.59% . An annual growth rate of 1.04%
S&P up 4.33%. An annual growth rate of 2.84%
NASDAQ up 12.56%. An annual growth rate of 8.23%
SmallCap 2000 down 3.99. An annual growth rate of -2.62
Trade Deficit...no better than when we started...
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National Debt...very bad
$ 1,529,671,787,835 added to the National Debt. That is an annual rate of $1,004,878,813,861.
Employment...mixed bag.
UE rate from 4.1 to 3.7. Pretty good.
LFPR from 63% to 63%...no change
The “trade war” started over 30 years ago, and we’ve been losing that war the whole time.
At least now we have a President willing to fight for us instead of surrendering.