Good, mad and ugly: the US economy’s performance under Trump – in charts

Despite president's claims of an economic boom, picture is chaotic - healthy GDP growth but weak jobs figures

According to Donald Trump's White House, the US economy is booming, inflation is dead and jobs are surging. A blizzard of economic reports has cast a pall on such claims in recent days.

This week's data on Trump's early economic record was mixed - good, mad and ugly - with jobs numbers so weak he reached for the catchphrase he once used to build himself into a reality TV star: you're fired.