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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Harwood Doing Work: Pretty Certain He Will Not Be Invited to the White House
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strong 4.1% growth under Trump in Q2 of 2018 would rank as 5th strongest Q of Obama presidency
5.1% Q2 2014
4.9% Q3 2014
4.7% Q4 2011
4.5% Q4 2009
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it would tie for 5th strongest Q under GWB
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it would tie for 13th strongest Q under Clinton
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it would tie for 5th strongest Q under GHWB
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it would rank as 14th strongest Q under Reagan
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to recap:
every president in last generation, Republican and Democrat, has presided over at least 4 quarters of growth stronger than 4.1% in Q2 2018, which Trump called evidence of economic turnaround of historic proportions
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John Harwood Doing Work: Pretty Certain He Will Not Be Invited to the White House (Original Post)
erpowers
Jul 2018
OP
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)1. K&R
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)2. Great info. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. . . . nt
renate
(13,776 posts)3. and this is why good, inquisitive, insightful journalism is so critical
Thanks, erpowers, and thanks, John Harwood!!!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)4. So what's the takeaway here?
This lucky accident of a Quarterly report is being puffed up and presented as something more than it is?
Can't be that.
erronis
(15,257 posts)5. The con family will spin anything. The BEST president for screwing everyone, especially the ladies.
Too bad that he has to pay $150,000+ to feel fulfilled. Maybe he should just stick to stiffing friends and contractors.
Rebl2
(13,507 posts)6. Thanks for
sharing this information.
djacq
(1,634 posts)7. Orange Clown's Economy
So if a Cat 5 hurricane is forecast for a region, wouldnt sales go up for food, water, and generators?
Farmers and businesses shoved most of their product out before the Orange Clowns stupid tariffs hit.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)8. Yeah, but Obama
was pulling us out of the Repuglian Great Recession.
And Clinton had to get us out of the Reagan-Bush trickle down economic doldrums.
malaise
(268,998 posts)9. Don the Con just makes up shit
Over and over and they continue to cover it.
BootinUp
(47,144 posts)10. Trump wins for imbecilic tweets and words.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)11. *historically unremarkable* n/t
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)12. K and R