Trump's Miracle Economy

Good for parasite investors, sucks hard for real people. Are the consuming sheep afraid to spend money, knowing that the economy's about to turn to shit for people who work for a living, as always happens when Republicans gain power?

Sho Chandra / Bloomberg:

U.S. Economy Grew 0.7% in First Quarter, Slowest in Three Years  —  Consumption is worst since 2009 on auto demand, utilities  —  Investment is bright spot, including housing and oil drilling  —  The U.S. economy expanded at the slowest pace in three years as weak auto sales …

Discussion:

Ana Swanson / Washington Post:   U.S. economy grew at sluggish 0.7 percent in first quarter of 2017

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:   G.D.P. Report Shows U.S. Economy Off to Slow Start in 2017

Media Matters for America:   Fox's Legendary Hypocrisy Is On Full Display With Today's Underwhelming GDP Report

Becca Stanek / The Week:   Economy grows at 0.7 percent rate in first quarter, slowest bump in three years

Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:   U.S. economy bogs down in first quarter with slowest growth in 3 years, GDP shows

Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
U.S. first-quarter growth weakest in three years as consumer spending falters

Discussion:

Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:   American Economic Growth Has Slowed to a Crawl

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Gulp: First-quarter GDP sinks to lowest in three years

Racetrack economy: "All me money gone ah hell!"
Down down down down down!