分析师称，最新数据显示，美国经济今夏增长快于预期，但下周中期选举前出炉的这一强劲经济数据不太可能让担忧通胀上升的美国人感到振奋。
The US economy grew faster than expected this summer, new data showed, but the strong economic reading right before next week’s midterm elections is unlikely to cheer Americans worried about rising inflation, analysts said.
一位共和党策略师对彭博社说：“选民不会根据GDP投票。”许多人仍在与飙升的汽油价格作斗争，汽油价格已将美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持率推至新低。海军联邦信用合作社的首席经济学家写道，更多消费者的支出超过了收入：“显然许多美国人感到压力。”尽管随着华盛顿和德黑兰试探性外交接触，本周油价有所回落，但炼油产能仍然有限，白宫已表示可能在中期选举后恢复对伊朗的打击。
“Voters don’t vote on GDP,” a Republican strategist told Bloomberg; many are still struggling with surging gas prices that have driven down US President Donald Trump’s approval rating to new lows. More consumers are spending more than they bring in, Navy Federal Credit Union’s chief economist wrote: “There’s clearly strain on a lot of Americans.”Though oil prices retreated this week as Washington and Tehran pursued tentative diplomacy, refining capacity remains limited, and the White House has signaled it could resume strikes on Iran after midterms.