Are you worried that the economy grew by only 1.9% in the recent quarter? That's a pretty weak performance. But it would seem downright dismal if you believed Donald Trump's assertion during the 2016 campaign that 1.9% growth during one of Barack Obama's quarters signaled an economy "in deep trouble."
Economists are now forecasting 1.8% gross domestic product growth in the fourth quarter. Things are most definitely slowing down.
Clearly, Trump will not whip the economy into the 4% annual growt
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