The single reason GDP was higher than expected was China brought more as they did to numerous other countries in the first few months of this year, Australia being one.
zippo to do with clown in chief apart from green lighting polluting industry raping your country of resources and shipping them overseas, all we know trump has added an hidden tax to the American consumer and is thinking of increasing it, called tariffs. But even with that extra cash, he still needs an extra trillion over an above what was budgeted, just to run the Government, in an time of worldwide economic boom.
Should Xi decide to react and he may, buckle up those seat belts.
https://www.bea.gov/system/files/201...4q18_3rd_1.pdf
---> Growth in real final sales to private domestic purchasers was only 1.7% versus 4.6% in 2018