Cohn: US economy is ‘shining light’ compared to others

By Joseph Lawler

Published May 25, 2017 10:27pm ET

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Cohn: US economy is ‘shining light’ compared to others — While U.S. economic growth is weak, "we've got countries in the G7 with GDP as low as sort of a half a percent," Trump economic adviser says. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

Even though economic growth has disappointed in recent years and President Trump seeks to increase it, the U.S. is still a “shining light” compared to other advanced nations, his top economic adviser said Thursday.

“The U.S. is the leading growth engine of the G7. And we’re not that happy about where we are on growth,” National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn said on Air Force One en route to a meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in Sicily.

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