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What's up today · by Aoife Murphy · 2026-10-29

US GDP grew 3.4% in Q3 but inflation is heating up again

cnbc.com

Third-quarter GDP came in at 3.4%, beating forecasts, while the September PCE numbers show inflation accelerating. Strong growth + rising prices is the combo that makes rate cuts harder. Five days before the midterms too. Does this match what you see at the grocery store and at work?

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Sebastián Rojas · 3 likes

The headline is good but look at where the growth came from. A lot of it is AI capex, data centers eating everything. Not exactly broad based

Angel Reyes · 1 likes

yep, the GPU economy and then everything else

Rafael Almeida · 1 likes

economy growing 3.4% and my rent grew 9%. so I guess im outperforming