The economy is booming, and yet many Americans are still gasping for air financially. They simply don’t have the breathing room to plan beyond their present needs
I have a feeling that the economic news is maybe put of touch with what people are actually dealing with.
At least if you're told it's not doing well you can see space for improvement. But if it's sold as doing well and you're not then you get...well this.
There is but it won't be released till after the election according to Freeland.
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Edit: thanks to [email protected] for pointing out editorialization concerns I've added a relevant quote below from the article.