Still hard to believe we voted for fascism with unemployment at 4.2%, the strongest performing economy in the rich world, & inflation, at 2.4% PCE in Nov 2024, closer to target than 85% of the months since we established it in 2012: https://bsky.app/profile/mcopelov.bsky.social/post/3lefznxrkws2t. Verily, a marvel of political economy.
Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:

🇺🇸 +9.4%
🇮🇹 +6.5% (thru Q3)
🇯🇵 +3.1%
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q3)
🇬🇧 -1.1%
🇩🇪 -1.9% (thru Q3)
🇨🇦 -2.0% (thru Q3)

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