KEY POINTS
- Federal budget shortfall narrows as borrowing falls month after month
- Factory output surges while business investment hits multi-year highs
- Real pay improves after years of erosion caused by inflation pressures
US President Donald Trump used a series of charts published on his Truth Social account on Tuesday evening to underline what he claims are early economic successes of his second term, citing improvements in the federal deficit, consumer spending, manufacturing output, business investment and real wages.
