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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Dec 12, 2017, 03:00 PM Dec 2017

Give president credit for good economy; thanks, Obama

A president deserves partial credit for a strong economy. The current economic numbers are good, so to the extent that gratitude is due, let us offer it. Thank you, President Obama.

The economic gauges have been improving steadily for the eight years of the current recovery. Barack Obama was president for seven of them. As the first year of the Donald Trump presidency draws to a close, the economy’s growth has continued — but it has not accelerated in a meaningful way.

In the world as presented by the tweetmaster himself, Trump has already delivered on the economy, and the only direction from here on is up, up, up. Savvy investors, however, are asking, “When do we get out?”

Though the U.S. stock indexes have been hitting highs, stock markets around the world have been doing as well as ours, some better. The economies of Japan and Germany are performing at higher levels (a reason the dollar has been falling against the yen and euro).

http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/harrop-give-president-credit-for-good-economy-thanks-obama/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=4d6594cc67-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-4d6594cc67-228635337

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Give president credit for good economy; thanks, Obama (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2017 OP
Trump will own the economy only after the tax scam passes Skittles Dec 2017 #1
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