Welcome to Joe Biden’s Boom Economy
Welcome to the Biden boom. While the first quarter of 2021 is history, the data are still coming in. “Forecasts” of real economic growth, based on partial data, now run in the 7% to 8% range. More important, there is a good chance the stellar first quarter won’t be a flash in the pan. The Wall Street Journal’s recent poll of economists registered an average forecast of 6.4% growth over the four quarters of 2021.