UK economy grew 1% in first half of 2025
US economy grew 0.6%
I present these figures without comment
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Gruniad says 0.5% for June. Does that mean ..er..what?
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I guess another firing in US by Trump.
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I'm not brilliant with figures, but surley... 0.6% of say $500 billion is bigger than 1% of $50 billion? Oh, and don't call me shirley.
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You can see it in equity prices, too. In general, ex-US is crushing the SPX this year.
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Wouldn’t know it when you look at the @financialtimes.com.
@the-independent.com @channel 4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk @skynewsrss.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
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A lot of that US growth was generated by businesses spending on goods before tariffs increased...expect a fall back
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Pretty soon, nobody will know for sure with what percentage the US economy has grown, or shrunk.
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The next BLS data drop will turn everything around. Trump is banning the use of decimal points... it therefore grew at 6%. There... you see how easy it all is 🥴
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Imagine placing such emphasis on GDP in a nation where a lot of folk are struggling with wealth distribution. Proof that economic literacy and morality rarely go hand-in-hand
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Germany was .2%
But who's counting?
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You're fired
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Things sound better if you annualise them.
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Ah, but but 0.6% was the biggliest, most beautiful 0.6 in history!
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Indeed. The BBC and other UK media will present this as poor performance in the UK.
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This could be the last time you can do this comparison and know that it stacks up.
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Inflation however...
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.6% is a very low growth rate for USA, close from stagnation. With Biden they had growth + inflation, with Trump and its senseless tariff policy they have stagnation + inflation.
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If you worked for the man that even apply makeup correctly you'd be sacked for telling facts!
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Go Rachel!
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Has the US statistician been fired yet?
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Runs away giggling more like.
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Thanks for the actual number, they keep saying outlandish number here for growth, but with only a minor in economics, I can tell that’s bullshit.
I no longer trust our economic numbers, the world shouldn’t either.
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Can't trust any statistics from US
Most likely it was much less than 0.6%
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#Trump demands that #Starmer fires the head of the UK #ONS (Office for National Statistics) and replace them with Lee Anderson.
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this is why smart people don't panic over monthly gdp numbers... a lot of british commentators fell for it... AGAIN
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Not sure that the UK outperforming the US with all the Trump disruption is that surprising. Or impressive.
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The art of the deal.
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Greatest new eve...hang on
*Clears Throat"
BEST NEWS EVER, MAYBE THE GREATEST NEWS etc etc
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That’s what happens when prices fall 1500%
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The numbers for America in the 2nd half of the year will be one billion %
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“Fake numbers!”
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If u looked at the headlines they never mention growth. It’s all migration , boats. Nothing positive. One could think they want a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social govt to fail? That should be treasonous.
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They'll be sending new numbers soon 🙃
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UK grew 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025, Japan grew 0.37%~0.4% in the same period... Not sure that the post-brexit UK is doing that well as international standards go 😓...
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0.6? Someone is getting fired
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Those numbers are FAKE NEWS!! The great Donald Trump, probably the greatest president in US history, has obtained “All New Numbers” now, and they’re Making America Great Again. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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That’s bad.
That is my comment.
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We won’t hear anything about it on the BBC thats for sure
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We are sacking the woman/organisation/microchip that provided these Biden loving figures and replacing it with our own honest and loyal accountants of negotiable probity
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Stop the count.
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We’re so back?
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The question is are these isolated economic figures or figures of economic isolation?
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That man in the White House is turning our home into the ghetto.
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How many freedom units is that though
