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US economy is finally booming and it is a big relief for all of us, but in a worrying sign people are yet not seeing that boom, and this makes me wonder what happens if the general masses can’t feel the boom, will the US economy once again slip downwards?.

Furthermore what do you’ll feel is the key reason why people are missing seeing this boom in the economy, and I have read several reasons in the media but if someone has some personal perspective then please do share it.

Source:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/03/economy/jobs-economy-covid-biden/index.html

The government wouldnt be printing trillions of dollars to stimulate the booming economy if its true. There were even many riots going on and public shooting, this is a depiction growing frustration of the people while they already felt like Trump was bit better than Biden.

Economy is not booming anywhere in the world. There is inflation rising so fast thag even citizens receive stimulus package they still cant feel it because the food prices are soaring high.

government printed trillions. and it now sitting in the billionaires offshore accounts and derivatives.

on paper the GDP has grown by trillions in 1 year.
but to the lower/middleclass and most of the upperclass. they have not seen a single change.

faking the GDP by printing trillions and handing out to the big player has not grown the economy. it has instead faked the GDP to make it appear USA is still ahead of china..

but if you look at the number of loaves of bread each citizen can buy now compared to 2019. the % change has not seen the same growth.

china however have seen a good uptick in the bread loaf purchasing power of its citizens

I really do not know where you get the idea that the economy is booming, this is not true, maybe we are experimenting some growth but that is just because the economy fell so hard in 2020 because of the pandemic, we need to be very clear it is going to take years if not a decade before the economy recovers from what happened and there is no guarantee that this is going to happen at all because the US government is still printing money which is causing inflation and that will affect their population over the long term

We're not even officially out of the pandemic and you think the US economy is booming? I wouldn't refer to a growth in stock prices as a "booming" economy. GDP growth is what you want to look at to gauge the health of an economy. GDP growth in US was -3.5% in 2020.

We can expect a solid positive growth in 2021 if we manage to get out of the pandemic. But take into account that according to some metrics the stock market is heavily overbought.

maybe people aren't seeing the economy booming because there is nothing to see.
it makes sense too because i can't think of any world where the government prints such a huge amount of money that it sets a record compared to that country's entire history and then see the economy boom!
and that's just the tip of the iceberg. we had a lot of jobs lost and everyone's financial situation get worse with the pandemic that is still ongoing.

I recently read a report on MarketWatch. During Trump's administration, the stock market has increased by $9.96 trillion over those four years. Since the election of Biden (just over half a year ago), the stock market has increased by approx 8 trillion dollars. I mean the increase in value during Trump's time was already exaggerated, but the increase in value since Biden's election is just extreme. This is not reflective of the real economy and hence why there are different views on the state of the economy. Those who own stocks believe the economy is booming. Those who don't own stocks really see that the economy is not booming.

What about a possible housing bubble bursting soon? I read very contradicting articles on the matter as the discussion is overly polarized from those who see a crash happening soon and others who are saying that it ain't no bubble and prices can only go higher at this stage.
When the money printer goes brrrrrrrrrrrrr you can't know what to expect.

No one has seen a boom in the US economy but those who manipulate it.
I find that after each recession everything goes up in price and there are more poor people than before.
The epidemic is still going on and unemployment is still growing around the world.
Don't talk about stock-exchange indices as they are the result of massive government money printing.

People are missing seeing this boom in the economy because of the mainstream media that does not really interested in showing all this. It happens in almost countries around the world where people are deceived and poisoned by this black propaganda that is why things are complicated.

is it about the distribution of dollars ith on a larger scale. I feel America will continue to do so regardless of the impact of inflation. because they themselves create the worldwide manipulation of dollar prices. and what I noticed at this time, when America has started to say an increase in its economy. China has already tried to be at the forefront of digital Yuan.
America continues to use conventional systems which are clearly not comparable to the current state of the industry.

Let's not forget the fact that Joe Biden has decided to spend an additional $6 trillion on his "American Families Plan". And despite this huge spending, I am unable to notice any upswing in the economy. And worse, once the crazy plan to make capital gains tax on par with the income tax is implemented, we can expect a crash in the stock markets and unemployment further increasing. The US federal debt currently stand at $28.25 trillion, and may further increase to $40 trillion by the end of Biden's term in 2024.

It's because most of the trillions printed in the past few months went only to a select few uber rich guys while the rest of the population, after spending their money, felt left out. The economy is not going any better for the middle class and for those even lower than the middle class. It's only for those whose businesses are well-established that even in the midst of the pandemic, they would still post good gains while the rest of the population are left to look for scraps. Inflation is still looming and rising, yet the stocks are getting overvalued and highly inflated as the clock ticks. Life is getting better, for the rich yes, but not for the rest of the population.

This has been always like this way? I mean what do you get in a nation with so much capitalist roots that bribing a politician is cheaper than paying the fine? There are so many companies that does things that would be illegal in many other nations of the world just because they are paying for bribes? This nation spends 750+ billion dollars on military and not even at a war, can you really blame the situation in anyone else than the voters? It is the voters that keep voting for politicians that gets bribes from companies and build the nation to help the needs of the corporations while not caring about the population.

This is true for republicans and it is true for democrats, it is true for all. As long as this system continues to be the case there, we are not going to end up seeing anything else, it will be all the same things forever until voters finally realize what they are doing.

There are still a lot of jobs lost and the pandemic is still around. Basically, even if the economy is booming, people won't be feeling it due those reasons and that are just some of the many reasons why the boom can't be felt.

A normal citizen or average person won't feel that boom especially those who are living paycheck to paycheck. But for those that have been following and relying to the country's economy, they'll feel it through their ventures and investments growing up.

The pandemic is still ongoing, we don't even need to think of the reasons why people can't feel the "blooming", because it is obvious that there's no way the economy could have grown in such a short period of time, while people were losing their jobs the year round and many businesses (especially small businesses) were flushed down the toilet.

Also, I thought by now everybody knew that judging the living standard by GDP is inaccurate, it has been criticized by a number of economists and financial specialists. Here's one example, in this article (https://www.worldfinance.com/strategy/why-gdp-is-no-longer-the-most-effective-measure-of-economic-success) Sarah Arnold, the NEF economist stated:
So the growth in GDP may very likely be associated with the pandemic-related expenses, which are tremendous.

There was also an important note from The World Bank:

This means that some may have benefited for the past year, indeed, but I can assure you that it wasn't the lower to middle classes.

Unemployment rate is still at a level which is higher than what they had prior to the pandemic. And relying on welfare payments is not a good idea, because they are not going to last forever. The situation is worse for the poor and the lower middle class, when compared to the rich. The rich have invested primarily in the stock market and bonds and they are still getting good returns from these investments. That is not the case with the poor people.

If the people don't see the growth then it isn't a beneficial growth after all because the growth didn't benefit  the people that should benefiting from that growth. Maybe the industry of war and weapons manufacturing is the one that is booming.

I agree, with people not enjoying the benefits of an increased GDP then what's the point of growing, if US do have a booming economy, why can't they lower the price or make healthcare free or forgive student loans?

Healthcare and education have been two sectors that are in bad state within the United States for many decades now. Because of the monopoly of the insurance industry, medical procedures in the US are 5 times or 10 times more costly when compared to the neighboring countries. On top of that, there are strict regulations covering the prescription medicines. And this means that the same drug which costs $10 per packet in Canada costs around $250 per packet in the US. No one wants to change the status quo, since powerful players (i.e donors to both the Democratic party and the GOP) are benefiting out of it.

What do you mean by booming and what do you mean by not seeing it? Should I remind you that most indexes are up more than 40% from their bottom in march 2020? People are well aware that while the COVID took a toll in lives and killed companies that were already zombified, it also advanced 10 years into the digital economy and remote working. Most companies that supply these services have made and incredible profit, including Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Goolge... not to mention specific meeting technologies such as Zoom.

Of course there is a boom.

There is another thing that is currently happening that has a bearing on the economy of both Bitcoin and the traditional economy, it is that the banks do not want to be left behind, they are already making arrangements in the US for some retailers to acquire Bitcoin through the banks, supposedly According to the article that I am going to review, many people prefer to buy Bitcoin or Crypto in a bank that registers and buy in Exchanges like Coinbase, now some banks will be able to allow to trade Bitcoin because there was a Stone Ridge association, NYDIG, with the headquarters in Jacksonville Fidelity National Information Services (FIS).

Source: https://u.today/hundreds-of-us-banks-to-allow-holding-and-trading-bitcoin (https://u.today/hundreds-of-us-banks-to-allow-holding-and-trading-bitcoin)

While this is a positive thing, those who want to get into Bitcoin trading from a bank (which I do not share, I like to be anonymous) this can bring more demand to the market, this can help the price of Bitcoin continue to rise.

To use a CNN site's link to show US economy is booming is the same than using a link from the Democrat party to do so. And this media is so manipulative that as they can't see practical evidences the economy is booming, they claim it's happening, but people can't see it, yet. What a joke! ;D
And why does CNN say the economy is booming?
Incentivizing people going into debt and spending without limits is good news for the establishment and a signal the economy is skyrocketing. Good for the banks and oligarchies, of course.

I don’t live in the US, so can’t really tell you if the economy is booming or not, but from what I have heard from people I know personally that lives there , and also from the comments I have seen in this post, it seems like it’s not booming like you have said, unless they are just part of the people you said cannot see the economy booming.

The coronavirus really affected the world badly, and this is something I wouldn’t wish to happen again. In my country, ever since the virus and the lockdowns and everything, things went from bad to worse, people are hungry, and the rate of crime increased, and also foodstuffs prices are high in the market. It hasn’t been easy, and people are blaming the government.

I think USA is doing quite fine. There are places on Earth that people are doing way way way worse. Americans seems to love vaccines and will vaccine 70% of citizens. Many countries will not achieve that because their tradition is not to trust vaccines.

Seriously? The Americans have hoarded all the vaccines that are available (including some that they are never going to use) and now the excuse being given is that in other countries the people don't trust vaccines? Vaccination rates are low in other countries, because the vaccines are not available. As simple as that. Being an Indian, I am trying hard to get myself vaccinated for the last 3 months. Unfortunately no slots are available, because the vaccines are in short supply.

In order for people to realize this, first we have to look at the sentence "US economy is booming", I mean is it really? If people are not seeing it, who does? There are few elites that make a ton of money and the stock prices increase because of that and you think that constitutes as US economy booming? Just because stock prices are higher doesn't mean that economy is booming, it just means that some companies are making profit that’s it.

Yes, those aides won't last forever and the government can't keep up with such help unless they will have a continuous plan of injecting and printing money again and again. But the long term effect of it on the economy will be not good as what the help they give.

I agree that even middle-class families have also struggled with this pandemic. The boom is noticeable but only for those top corporations and their conglomerates.

Yeah, this is why people think the most wrong ways possible and that is the problem here. They see that stocks in general are up 10% and they think economy is doing great because of that but the reality is that people around the corner to them are failing to pay their rent, how can that be alright? I mean if it was one or two or three or thousands I would still understand, but we are talking about tens of millions of people in poverty, nearly 41 million people are in poverty, and that is just USA.

There is a difference between the stock market and the real economy.

The stock market going up has no direct impact on actual consumer welfare, which is a misconception that politicians seem to always exploit.

Threats of reflation are also very real, and people seem to be completely neglecting that. They think that they are nominally richer because of all the stimulus that has been pumped into the system, whilst neglecting the fact that all the QE will essentially dilute their purchasing power.

The fiat economy is a mess - it's no wonder people are flocking to cryptos.

Its the jungle law of this world, the strong takes everything. In this context that means the country with the higher economy gets to take everything alot more then some other country.


Thats also one of the reason why we are in bull market right now. Due to all of these actions as well as the unemployment rate, the US treasury bond interest rate has been quite low for some time. Some hedge fund took 1-10% of all those money they managed and put it into crypto market which increase the overall crypto marketcap. If it wasnt for this then we wouldnt be in this bull season right now

It might the reason behind that besides people always wanting more and being ungrateful is that not all people benefit from a booming economy.  That’s very impossible. 

But actually, I don’t really see the US having a booming economy.  Economically wise, my presumption is US’s gap is going downwards.
Fiats are being printed almost every day for band-aid solutions for this pandemic and loans have been executed in the world banks and lastly, 70% of the workforce couldn’t move properly yet because of the pandemic.  Not all of the businesses and industries could be done remotely.

Economists once said that it would take 10-15 years for the U.S to recover from the loss they had during the pandemic, slowly but surely.

Just my two cents.

It's not a secret that U.S. is trying to get up faster than any country when it comes to economic aspect. They should be specially that China (as their biggest rival) is now at the top while others are deeply drought. They should do what others cant do or else China's bullishness will never be matched by them again.

Yes, vaccines are in short supply in most of countries right now but sooner or later that will end. And when it will end, countries where people will vaccine will have 70% population vaccinated (since kids can not be vaccinated that mean that there has to be 85%+ adults vaccinated to reach 70%). Others countries with have 50% or 40% people vaccinated. And that will be to little to prevent further spreading of covid. Those countries will suffer most on long term.

why haven't people seen the US economic boom? because many people are still in a situation of the Covid 19 pandemic where the world economy is experiencing a decline. I think people are not too focused on paying attention to the economic condition of a country, they are focused on fighting Covid 19 and thinking about health. so maybe a boom in the US economy will be seen when covid 19 ends

Can the US economy be "booming" with COVID restrictions remaining in place?

Pfizer's profit margins are booming thanks to COVID-19 vaccine revenues.


Aside from those benefiting from the pandemic, which segments of the US economy are "booming" atm?

Gas prices are high. Thousands of jobs were lost. Many businesses went bankrupt. All thanks to lockdowns. The only things doing well were gamestop, dogecoin and for some bizarre reason the US stock market continues to trend higher. When every basic indicator suggests the opposite should have occurred over the past 6 months.

The US has currently approved vaccinating those in the 12 to 18 age group, so the coverage can be over 70%. And for those below 12 years, trials are ongoing and I guess these groups also will be allowed for vaccination soon. But the main issue here is the availability of vaccines. Pfizer and Moderna are making billions of USD in profits, while people are dying in poor countries. Only very recently, the American regime reacted positively to the suggestion of waiving IP for the COVID 19 vaccines. But I don't know when that is going to happen, as the pharma giants are opposing this move.

I think that the most influencers in the world of the economy are taking advantage of the best time to take advantage, this is the case of Ivanka Trump, the Arte Surfside luxury apartment in Miami, will begin to accept Crypto as a form of payment priced at $ 38 million, where the cheapest condo starts at $ 10.3 million, apparently people when they start to see this type of business and can be paid with Crypto will attract new demand to the market, or at least everything is on the right track.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ivanka-trump-s-luxury-miami-apartment-block-accepting-crypto-for-condos (https://cointelegraph.com/news/ivanka-trump-s-luxury-miami-apartment-block-accepting-crypto-for-condos)

It's only booming for the industry that was active during the pandemic so the people don't see the effects of a booming economy. The problem is that US government doesn't have programs that are targeting the individuals that are effective and efficient so I think that this kind of boom isn't beneficial besides the people that are in the upper echelons.

US economy is booming? Think again and do your research. US has been printing excessive money to sustain its economy. The uncontrolled number of covid-19 cases each day was still reported. Let's say, the economy is really growing by now, however, because of the difficult circumstances that people are facing, they won't be able to feel the economy is spiking.

Personally, as an average citizen myself, I seldom feel the "growth" of the economy of our country. Simply because it wasn't reflected in the community, prices of goods and services, salary given, and even in healthcare services. Normally, the upper class feels most of the positive effects of economic growth. The working class can hardly tell the difference between the usual and booming of the economy. On the other hand, it's the working class that is very much affected when the economy of a country starts to decline.

This language booming is some how contradicting everything here, I really want to Know in what aspect US economy is booming, is it in cryptocurrency level or in political aspect of it, really we are not seeing it as you state categorically about booming of their economy, what I want to understand is that explains more brief for we to comprehend more.

Agreed, anyone that sees the economy booming right now is either being paid by the government to say so or somehow is just believing what those so called experts are saying, the economy is in a very bad shape and this has been the truth since the 2008 crisis that we saw, at the time there was a desire to reform the economy but everyone refused and just kicked the can and now we are in this difficult situation, I believe they will kick the can again but this time around the can will not move and will force their hand and most likely a new crisis will manifest out of it.

US unemployment rate increases slightly - https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-05-07/jobs-report-shows-a-disappointing-april-rebound

Huge disappointment in the jobs report, projected hundreds of thousands of jobs less than what is predicted.

Maybe it was a bad idea to pay people to stay home and supplement unemployment checks and then force businesses to outcompete the government wage, because ya know, it's completely fair for the government with unlimited printing power to compete with businesses with limited capital  ::)

CNN on the 5th:


CNN on the 7th:


This happens when you simply can't admit that the democrats are not doing a better job at this than what Trump was doing, from November last year they have just managed to arrive at 8.2 million jobs lower than February 2020 compared to 9.8 in November, and this with relaxing restrictions all the time, at this pace it will take more than two years to match pre-pandemic levels. And the consequences are clear, they will need more checks, they will have fewer income sources, they will need to raise taxes, which leads to fewer jobs.

I wonder if they've realized that winning the election was more like getting a wrecked car as a gift that will cost you more to trash it than all the other presents combined.  ;D The really bad news for US non-Americans is that there is always a domino effect, wonder how long till it hits Europe.

Why would the government be printing trillions of dollars to stimulate an already booming economy? That's not the point of stimulus and not how stimulus works. You do stimulus when the economy is lagging.  As it is, the economy is booming in the US, posting robust GDP growth.  The US economy in Q1 2021 has already surpassed where it was in Q1 2019, so there's every expectation the economy will be back to where it was pre-COVID on a full-year basis.

According to local news, the US economy is booming. Thanks to huge economic stimulus, the boost to Covid-19 vaccination and the reopening of the economy accelerated. This is a good sign for the United States. It proves that the people of this country are very good at preventing epidemics. Their lives returned to normal, incomes increased and people spent more. Other countries should also learn.

Certainly the fully diluted with brrr money stock market is booming!
As for the real economy it is still unclear what the recovery will look like, it's far too early to see that.
Inflation could kick in very hard while the purchasing power of Americans will get smashed.
I don't buy into this fake recovery.

Stock markets may be booming due to monetary inflows from foreign agencies. There were reports that some of the Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) from the middle-east heavily invested in the American stocks during last year, when there was a market crash. But this inflow can get converted to a net outflow, in case the crazy proposal to tax capital gains tax at 40% is implemented. But for now, the middle class is happy with the market rally. They are benefitting from the higher stock prices.