# Objectively, how good is the U.S. economy right now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectively-how-good-is-the-u-s-economy-right-now/833480>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 4, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectively-how-good-is-the-u-s-economy-right-now/833480 "2019-05-04T21:09:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![UnwittingAmericans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d9b06d/32.png) [@UnwittingAmericans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwittingAmericans)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectively-how-good-is-the-u-s-economy-right-now/833480/21 "2019-05-06T19:41:06Z")

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> [@Akaj](#):
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> The point of the OP isn’t how the economy will or won’t help Trump win re-election. ([We did that one a few weeks ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=873531&highlight=economy+reelection).) It was to remove politics from the question of how good the economy is at the moment.
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> My answer: it seems good. But how it seems at any given point of time isn’t a good predictor of how we’ll view it in hindsight. Shit happens.

Oh, I dunno there Chico, FWIW, you mentioned Trump AND Obama and “grudgingly.”

But I’m sure your entreaty will be effective in insuring that this will be the SDMB thread that stays on track.

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**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objectively-how-good-is-the-u-s-economy-right-now/833480/22 "2019-05-06T20:01:41Z")

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> [@UnwittingAmericans](#):
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> Oh, I dunno there Chico, FWIW, you mentioned Trump AND Obama and “grudgingly.”
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> But I’m sure your entreaty will be effective in insuring that this will be the SDMB thread that stays on track.

Dammit, my cover’s blown! After 500+ posts in which I strenuously tried to stay objective, now everyone knows I think poorly of Trump.

😃

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