Whose Economy Is It, Anyway?

Source: New York Times

Editorial

As polls registered public discontent with the economy earlier this month, back-to-back government reports showed strong economic growth and respectable job creation. To explain the discrepancy, Allan Hubbard, one of President Bush's top economic advisers, said that hurricanes and high gas prices had temporarily darkened Americans' collective mood, but that the president was pleased with the economy. "He's more concerned with results than he is about polls," Mr. Hubbard said.

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