Good, mad and ugly: the US economy’s performance under Trump – in charts

<p>Despite president’s claims of an economic boom, picture is chaotic – healthy GDP growth but weak jobs figures</p><p>According to Donald Trump’s White House, the US economy is booming, inflation is dead and jobs are surging. A blizzard of economic reports has cast a pall on such claims in recent days.</p><p>This week’s data on Trump’s early economic record was mixed – good, mad and ugly – with jobs numbers so weak he reached for the catchphrase he once used to build himself into a reality TV star: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-labor-statistics">you’re fired</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/02/us-economy-trump-charts">Continue reading...</a>