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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 08:49 AM Apr 2021

The Trump economic collapse is ending under the Biden/Harris administration's policies and plans &

Steady as she goes.



washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/29/first-quarter-gdp-growth/

The Trump economic collapse is ending under the Biden/Harris administration's policies and plans & prosperity is increasing.

The U.S. economy grew at a **6.4%** annual rate in the first quarter, which is an incredible clip.




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Economic-growth numbers show signs of boom to come



https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/29/first-quarter-gdp-growth/

Jedidiah Fowler, a wood-shop production assistant at Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis, sands down a piece of wood for a boat on Wednesday. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post)


By Andrew Van Dam and Rachel Siegel

April 29, 2021 at 7:33 a.m. CDT

The U.S. economic recovery picked up speed in early 2021, with economic growth hitting 1.6 percent in the first three months of the year after an ambitious vaccination campaign and massive stimulus spending from the federal government.

As Americans have increasingly emerge from isolation and start spending again, construction surges and businesses invest in expectation of future growth, it appears likely all covid-19 era economic losses will be recovered by the middle of this year, according to data released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

The January to March period saw some of fastest economic growth in more than four decades, behind only the initial 7.5 surge last year, when businesses first reopened from pandemic-related shutdowns.

The quarter’s growth would be 6.4 percent at an annual rate, but annual rates can be misleading amid an unprecedented crisis, because they imply a quarter’s trend will continue for an entire year. The Post is focusing on quarterly rates until the economy recovers.........................
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The Trump economic collapse is ending under the Biden/Harris administration's policies and plans & (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2021 OP
The trump REAL economic collapse, that hurt so many, many 10's of millions empedocles Apr 2021 #1
Just wait until DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #2
I hope that this positive news affects all in a positive way, better pay, better jobs, etc. and that SWBTATTReg Apr 2021 #3

DENVERPOPS

(8,817 posts)
2. Just wait until
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 04:50 PM
Apr 2021

the Dems figure out the drain on the economy and Tax Payers from the Trump spawn grifting, out of control, for four years.

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
3. I hope that this positive news affects all in a positive way, better pay, better jobs, etc. and that
Thu Apr 29, 2021, 07:52 PM
Apr 2021

this news burns long and deep in trump's fat a&&.

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