The Good News of Economic Growth

A construction worker helps build a support column using steel rebar during the building of a condo tower in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images12/25/2025|Updated: 12/25/2025CommentaryThe Trump administration received some very welcome news in the form of third-quarter economic growth. Even adjusted for inflation, it came in at a strong 4.3 percent. That bolsters confidence in the White House and probably helps shore up Trump’s popularity at a time when it seems to have stalled somewhat. It’s the kind of report that makes for a very good day.Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]Author’s Selected Articles