Trump Touts Strong 2nd Quarter US Economic Growth

U.S. President Donald Trump touted the economy's strong second quarter performance Friday, saying "we're on track to hit the highest annual average growth rate in over 13 years." The U.S. economy grew at a 4.1-percent annualized rate in the second quarter, its fastest pace in nearly four years, the Commerce Department reported Friday. "As the trade deals come in one-by-one, we're going to go a lot higher than these numbers, and these are great numbers,"...

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