Article 59P28 For most Americans the crisis is far from over whatever the GDP numbers may say | Dominic Rushe

For most Americans the crisis is far from over whatever the GDP numbers may say | Dominic Rushe

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Dominic Rushe
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The latest US GDP figures have given Trump something to crow about but that will ring hollow for poor people, minorities, women and the young

If you drop a ball from a very high window, you can expect a big bounce. The ball, however, has still been dropped.

Thursday's release of the US gross domestic product (GDP) figures are Donald Trump's last chance to claim he has been a great president for the economy before the election. And boy did he claim it.

GDP number just announced. Biggest and Best in the History of our Country, and not even close. Next year will be FANTASTIC!!! However, Sleepy Joe Biden and his proposed record setting tax increase, would kill it all. So glad this great GDP number came out before November 3rd.

Related: US economy bounces back but deeper trends hint at enduring woe

Only one in four Americans has a job that allows them to work from home, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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