JUST THE FACTS User ID: 75698551 Brazil 11/19/2017 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | TheHill.com: Credit Trump for boosting business and fueling our economic growth Credit Trump for boosting business and fueling our economic growth The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index increased in October “to its highest level in almost 17 years” dating back to December 2000. The latest labor market report was solid with the official unemployment rate at a 17-year low and a broader measure many economists consider the real unemployment rate, known as the U-6 rate, is at a 16-year low. For the first time in three years, gross domestic product has grown by at least 3 percent for two consecutive quarters. The reports from main street are also positive. This put him on course to beat President Reagan’s record of a “one-third reduction in Federal Register pages following Jimmy Carter’s then-record Federal Register.” But that reduction took Reagan years to accomplish. Trump has been in office nine months. Much more at the link... [ link to thehill.com] |