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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Andy Ball, Callum Jones and Will Craft

Do you know how the US economy is actually doing? Try our interactive quiz

The United States is less than six months away from sending either Joe Biden or Donald Trump back to the White House.

For many voters mulling this decision, the economy is front of mind. But how it’s doing, and how it’s feeling, are not one and the same.

A majority of Americans believe the US is in recession, according to a Harris poll conducted for the Guardian. It isn’t.

Do you know how the US economy has been performing? The Guardian created this quiz to find out. Plot your answer on each chart, and then hit ‘submit your guess’ to see how it squares with reality.

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