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The “Trump Bump” is real

The White HouseWashington, D.C. – America’s slow recovery from the Great Recession gave left-wing “experts” a fresh talking point: “secular stagnation.” They excused low growth under former President Barack Obama as a new normal. Lost factory jobs and low wages were merely a sign of the times.
 
They were wrong. The first 3 years of the Donald Trump Economy prove that low growth is far from inevitable.

The White House - West Wing. (Official White House Photo)

Common-sense policies such as tax cuts, regulatory reform, and energy independence have coincided with a remarkable turnaround: As of the end of 2019, real GDP is 1.4 percent—or $260 billion—higher than economists projected. 
 
President Trump’s results not only beat expert predictions—they also beat the Obama “expansion” by the metrics. There have been turnarounds or improvements in homeownership, prime-age labor force participation, manufacturing employment, labor productivity, and, crucially, net wealth for the bottom half of American households.
 
READ: The Trump Boom reversed Obama’s “new normal”

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