The results are in: the United States economy is bouncing back.
A report released by the Census Bureau Tuesday found that
Americans of all stripes the super wealthy, middle class and poor
saw incomes rise last year. Growth came at the fastest annual
rate seen in decades.
The head of President Obama's economic team was so gleeful with
the findings that he trumpeted the report as "unambiguously the
best" ever.
But would all Americans agree?
Nearly nine years after a devastating recession took hold of the
country, many Americans still hold broadly bleak viewstoward the
economy.
Tuesday's report showed the first real increase in household wages
since 2007 and it may be premature to expect a single strong
economic report to suddenly turn years pessimism around.
But that disconnect between the dramatic gains and the public's
perception has been central to Republican presidential nominee'
Donald Trump's approach, capitalizing on lingering economic
anxiety. The government may say the economy is getting better, but
Americans aren't feeling it yet.
The unemployment rate was steadily dropping throughout the
primary election, and so Trump instead frequently pointed to
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