Is US economy better now than under Trump?

It has been a recurrent theme of this US presidential campaign – has the US economy performed better under Joe Biden or Donald Trump?

“By many indicators our economy is the strongest in the world,” Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris has claimed.

Trump, the Republican nominee and former president, says he created the “greatest economy in the history of our country”, and the Biden-Harris administration has ruined it.

We have looked at some key indicators to compare economic performance under the two presidencies.

Although the impact of Covid has made comparison difficult, both presidents can count some notable economic successes despite wages struggling to keep up with price increases in recent years.

First, let’s look at economic growth using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – the value of all goods and services in the US economy.

There was a dramatic collapse in this figure during Covid as many businesses shut.

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