Growth Is Flowing in Biden’s Economy

President Biden suffers in the votes as high inflation drains confidence in the economy, even growth comes in robust.

President Biden maintains with an awkward disconnect: The economy grew at the fastest pace. But voters are pessimistic about economic conditions and their financial prospects.

Economists said that inflation has been running at its fastest pace since the beginning of 1982. It decreases gains and eats away at earnings as even robust wage increases struggle to keep speed. And despite vaccines, life did not return to normal in the way people expected.

The difference poses a significant challenge for Mr. Biden’s party for the upcoming midterm elections.

Growth versus rising costs

Hesitant consumer confidence in the economy and how Mr. Biden handles it could be a disadvantage. Democrats fight to keep control of both the House and Senate.

Mr. Biden and his advisers are attempting to turn attention toward the positive facts. They emphasize how rapidly the economy has rebounded how wages are growing. They highlight how they command efforts to fix tangled supply chains and reconstruct domestic manufacturing.

Mr. Biden declared a statement after the released gross domestic product data on Thursday. He said they are building an American economy with the fastest economic growth in four decades. He added that it happened along with the most incredible year of job growth in American history.

However, inflation complicated his positive narrative.

The new G.D.P. numbers show that the economy has fully recovered from its pandemic beat. But a significant portion of that progress disappears when you look at recent price gains. Growth is still falling short of its pre-pandemic movement after adjusting for inflation.

The bite that inflation takes out of the economic recovery is noticeable in everyday life. Workers see their wages grow, but many find that today’s bigger paycheck doesn’t go as last year’s smaller one. While the unemployment rate has dropped, millions remain on its sidelines. The chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, Ian Shepherdson, said that it’s hard to be cheerful during the pandemic.