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Ahead of the US mid term elections, Donald Trump says he's turned the US into the "world's hottest economy". 🗽 What does the evidence show? I've had a look for BBC Verify. Here's 6 key charts 📈📉...

Growth is respectable - and has been stronger than the rest of the G7 since the end of 2024...

Though the US economy has been significantly helped by the AI boom...

And the impact of Trump's tariffs and the Iran war are pushing up US consumer inflation...

Accounting for the combined impact on households' costs of 1) tariffs/Iran war, 2) federal health subsidy cuts 3) Trump's tax cuts - analysts estimate that most households are worse off than they would have been - apart from the top 1%, who benefited disproportionately from the tax cuts...

Monthly job creation has slowed down relative to the final year of Biden's presidency...

Bottom line: The overall US economy is faring better than many expected after Trump launched his "Liberation Day" tariffs in 2025. But those import taxes and the impact of the US war with Iran have pushed up inflation, with the harmful effects felt by most American households...

& the US economy is also being helped by high government borrowing and an AI investment boom - and could falter if that spending were to dry up...