“Some economists think growth may have topped 5 percent — a figure reached only once in the eight years of the Obama administration as the economy recovered from the recession.”
I didn’t think we ever bumped 2% with Barry in charge.
That is correct, we never came close to 2 1/2% under Barry. I think Ben just made that one up. And if you call him on it he’ll just say, “Oh that was a typo.”
They have "numbers" from 2014 that say we hit 5%, but I guarantee you the economy was not robust in any way.
If I remember correctly the 5% number was achieved by shifting previous medical sector spending from a dismal quarter to a moderate quarter. The shift represented a lot of spending that was being done during the implementation of Obamacare. There were a couple good articles back then about what total BS the 5% figure was and how a big portion of that GDP should have been credited to a previous quarter.