Posted on 01/08/2026 1:31:18 PM PST by SmokingJoe
U.S. productivity just surged +4.9%. The strongest reading in nearly six years.
At the same time, labor costs fell –1.9%.
Higher output with lower costs is the holy grail: growth without inflation.
Put simply: • Productivity jumped from ~3.3% to 4.9% • Labor costs flipped from +1% to –1.9%
No surprise the Atlanta Fed’s Q4 GDP forecast just climbed to +5.4%.
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Trumps fault.
My guess the Fed will act quickly to raise interest rates and crush the economy before the midterms to hamstring Trump.
Unexpectedly.
With so much good news on the economy, and great news from the ouster of Maduro, and ICE taking care of the illegal immigrants...
how is it that so many republicans express fear of losing the senate and house next year?
No doubt, democrats are trying to figure out a way to kill the economy and put a stop to so much good economic news.
I guess they’ll have to spin and call the economy only good for the rich and super-rich.
It's not as if we can cure the economy in a year from the damage Biden caused. His 10% inflation - prices don't come down, they still go up just not at 10%. The 30 million illegals, we only got rid of a few million so far. All this effects people in a negative way.
That’s fantastic though finding a decent job these days is downright problematic.... at least for me. I’m either overqualified or too old.
20-40 year olds are having a hard time of it
The talk of the IT world today is Tailwind CSS.
https://www.seroundtable.com/tailwind-css-google-drop-40725.html
Nobody’s worried about losing the Senate.
House?
We’ll fight hard and win it.
Further redistricting, a great economy and Musk’s vast wealth will help.
Under Powell yes, but a new Fed chief is coming soon.
We will see in November if the American people are capable of evaluating their own interest.
You mey be right there is no limit to how low they will go yet they wonder why their party is in a death bed.
It appears that Musk is back in Trump’s good graces. And just in time. :)
I think some of that was Kabuki Theater for Musk to make a clean break and get back to the private sector.
6 years eh? That skips over a certain something President doesn’t it?
+4.9% Productivity Growth
TRUMP BOOM is here.
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