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by incomingpain 104 days ago
Looking at the numbers, that cant lie. The only industry that has contracted: United States GDP Growth Contribution Government

GDP up from Agriculture

GDP up from Construction

GDP up from Manufacturing

GDP up from Mining

GDP down from Public Administration -0.9% single quarter.

GDP up from Services

GDP up from Transport

GDP up from Utilities

Also important to note, War costs a ton of money. War economy coming. The probability of another quarter of low spending is 0%

Now consider the scenario where major entities bought a ton short positions because they thought Trump's insanity would crash the economy. Now they are about to hurt badly. Hence the fake news.