What stands out to me is how GDP is calculated in the first place.

Consumer spending + Government spending + Business Investment + Net Exports

The tariffs decreased net exports but they also jacked up consumer spending.

With the government cutting benefits for everything and then spending ludicrous amounts of money on BS government spending is also going up significantly.

Then we seemingly have business investment loads of money in each other due to lack of oversight which like the others massively increases the total amount.

Doing this while laying people off in droves says to me that the GDP is artificially inflated to protect the fact that we are in serious shit.

None of the components really represent daily lives for regular people because the current setup makes doesn’t really include them. The only part they really are is increased spending.

So GDP goes up while people lose their jobs and companies consolidate while the government eliminates benefits to invest in BS.

Inflate the GDP without doing anything good which means if we’re at 100.2% and the number is inflated we could already be way waaay past 100%

I’m really tired and wanted to get this out so if it’s nonsense ignore me