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⬤ MEDIUM 06 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC

US Incomes Have Outrun Inflation. Americans Don't Believe It

How’s the US economy doing in President Donald Trump’s second term? Going by the topline economic statistics, not too bad. Second-quarter gross domestic product was revised higher last week, to a 2.2% annualized rate from a previously reported 1.5%. At 4.2%, the jobless rate is consistent with an economy considered to be at full employment.
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