Trump STUNS With MUCH STRONGER Economic Growth Figures than Anyone Anticipated

The US Commerce Department’s first-quarter report puts GDP growth at 3.2 per cent, well above the 2.3 per cent mark economists predicted and the strongest first-quarter print in four years.

Much of this was driven by a sharp jump in American exports, which rose 3.7 per cent between January and March.

It’s especially significant when you compare the US to other major countries. South Korea’s GDP just shrank without warning, Germany’s been struggling ever since its economy contracted in the third quarter of last year and Japan’s growth is sputtering.

It’s reportedly sparking fears among Democrats as they grapple with coming up with their own economic message to sell to voters.

Celinda Lake, a leading Democratic strategist and pollster, told Politico this could prove “disastrous” for the party next year.

“We don’t really have a robust national message right now,” she said. “We will tend to talk about things like paid leave and equal pay — and those things are all very popular policies. But they don’t add up to an economic message that is robust enough to win the presidency and beat Donald Trump who talks about a very robust economic policy.”

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