And the Lord said Rise up

A day of Celebration on GDP or Gross Domestic Product, Chapter 2, Verse 2025
My dear in indebted brothers and sisters we sit today at $36.7 Trillion dolla's in debt from years of the federal, state and local governments spending more money than we bring in.

However let us take a brief moment of celebration. I come before you today with glad tidings and great quarterly reports! For lo and behold, after a winter of economic doubt — after a Q1 colder than the devils heart ( -.5% Contraction ) — the U.S. economy done rose again!

Yes LAWD — 3.0% GDP growth! Say it with me now: “Three-point-oh!” Can I get a stimulus-sized AMEN?

💳 Let Us Praise the Almighty Consumer!

It was the faithful shopper, saints — the holy roller of retail — that delivered us from contraction. While economists were wringing their hands and prophesying doom, Brother Benjamin Franklin was busy burning holes through Target's cash registers.

Consumers showed up in the streets, in the malls, in the online shopping carts of righteousness, pushing this blessed GDP up +1.8 points feel the Glory!

They bought health care, hair care, lawn chairs, and luxury air fryers — they spent our way to a brief GDP heaven. That’s called stimulating the spirit and the service sector!

🌍 And the Nations Did Buy From Us

Now saints, turn your eyes to the globe! The exports came in strong like missionaries spreading the Good Word — and by “Good Word,” I mean corn, microchips, and electric SUVs.

+0.7 points of GDP came from the foreign flock who said, “Yes, we’ll take two pallets of American goods, please!” And we said, “Bless you and your euros.”

🏗️ Government Spending: The Other Holy Trinity

Behold, the state and local governments gathered, passed the offering plate, and said, “Let there be roads!” And there were roads! And bridges! And fiber optic cables!

And this brought us +0.5 points of divine infrastructure intervention, hallelujah! The Department of Transportation became the Department of Transformation!

Meanwhile, business investment — oh yes — they invested in things you can’t touch, but you still pay for: intellectual property! Yes, Lord, it added +0.3 points! That’s right, saints — the cloud was raining down dividends!

🏠 But The Housing Market… Lord Help It

Now we must pray for our dear brother, the housing sector. Mortgage rates are high enough to need oxygen masks. It fell by –0.1 points, like a sinner in a folding chair at an altar call.

And private inventories? The warehouses said, “We’re full, we’re tired, we ain’t stocking nothin’ else.” That’s –0.2 points, beloved. And don’t forget imports, which came in strong, subtracting –0.3 points, because folks were buying things from outside the parish, if you will.

🙌 And Yet We Rejoice

After a negative Q1, we needed a Q2 miracle — and the Almighty Holy Dolla worshippers delivered! The first half of the year averaged about 1.2% growth, which ain’t Moses parting the Red Sea, but it’ll keep the lights on and the national credit card outta collections.

Forecasters are now testifying that we might hit 1.4% to 1.9% for the whole year. (Compared to +2.8% 2024 ) And if the Fed doesn’t raise rates like they’re trying to reach the Kingdom of Heaven — we might just get there!

✨ Final Benediction

So fear not, children of Holy Dolla. Keep your faith in productivity, your hope in fiscal discipline, and your love in 30-year fixed rates.

And remember: the economy may stumble, but as long as Grandma’s buying Bundt pans and Billy’s starting a podcast — this great nation shall GROW!

Amen, Amen, thanks for reading the Holy Dolla let us all learn economics so we avoid living in dusty doom future of Mad Max land!