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>Unemployment Rate dropped from a peak of 14.7% in April 2020 to around 4.0% by mid-2024, nearing pre-pandemic levels.

>The U.S. added over 15 million jobs between mid-2020 and early 2024

>S&P 500 and NASDAQ both hit record highs in late 2023 and again in 2024

>After inflation cooled, real wages began increasing in 2023–2024

>Lower-wage workers saw some of the strongest gains, partially due to tight labor markets and state-level minimum wage increases

>Median household net worth rose by over 30% between 2019 and 2022, adjusted for inflation (Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, 2023)

>Over 5 million applications per year from 2021–2023, compared to ~3.5 million in pre-COVID years

>The U.S. became the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2023


Only people who are terminally online and constantly read anecdotes written by NEETs and doordash millennials think the economy is shit