“Not as good as expected is still better than more than where it was before.”
That is really not the point.
The public does not look that far backward (to the Biden era). They look at what the economy is doing and they look at what is said NOW.
You say it will do 6% and it doesn’t, THAT they will remember - you were boasting and it was not true.
You say it will do 4% and then it does 6%, that they will take notice of, and appreciate.
-PJ