U.S. economy grew annual 6.5 percent between April and June, marking full recovery from the pandemic

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5. I think that article is full of it

"The U.S. economy was officially back and fully recovered from the pandemic"

It may be by metrics of output, income, inflation. But there remain devastated swaths of the economy. Workers are hard to come by, people work from home in the gig economy. Blocks and blocks of storefronts in major cities are vacant, strip malls same. I saw 2 small shops beside Walmart empty yesterday. Goods are hard to find, shoes in particular. Yes there are stores, but casual dress styles are absent, all that remains is fancy dress good for nothing and weak athletics. Restaurants are still struggling, though many have closed already. Meanwhile, inflation. WW flour up 12% this month. Sugar up 4%. You can see the numbers.

Or maybe I just feel this way because Stim #2 isn't here yet.