While Trump takes credit for “his economy,” of course he will blame Obama now that the government’s official scorecard for the U.S. economy in the first quarter points to the weakest growth in three years. Gross domestic product increased at a meager 0.7% annual pace in the first three months of the year, down from 2.1% and 3.5% in the back half of 2016. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a 0.9% increase.
Tags: Economy Posted 28 Apr 2017 by theaveeditor in Donald Trump
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While Trump takes credit for “his economy,” of course he will blame Obama now that the government’s official scorecard for the U.S. economy in the first quarter points to the weakest growth in three years. Gross domestic product increased at a meager 0.7% annual pace in the first three months of the year, down from 2.1% and 3.5% in the back half of 2016. Economists polled by MarketWatch had forecast a 0.9% increase.