It's like saying the US economy is doing great in 2010 by using data that ends in 2006. The last 3-4 years have been awful for the median American. The "prospe

It's like saying the US economy is doing great in 2010 by using data that ends in 2006. The last 3-4 years have been awful for the median American. The "prosperity" of 201X-2019 was funded by loose financial conditions: it's basically just debt. Purely debt-driven "growth" should not be mistaken for a healthy economy. And we are feeling the consequences of that debt-driven growth now, with high inflation, recession conditions, and a global sidle away from the dollar.