# US Economic Growth Is Up — So Why Is Sentiment Down?

An episode of [Big Take](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1578096201), 15 Oct 2026, 18 min.

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US economic growth is up but consumer sentiment is down. Another rate hike, expected this year, could help lower inflation, but do little to ease the frustrations of much of the middle class, for whom the American dream sits just out of reach. On today’s Big Take podcast, editors Matthew Boesler and Cristina Lindblad join Sarah Holder to unpack what the data says is happening in the US economy and why consumer sentiment tells another story. Read more: • The Trump Stock Market Is Lousy for Most • US Consumer Prices Rise by Most Since April in Broad Advance We have a special Bloomberg subscription offer for podcast listeners at Bloomberg.com/podcastoffer. Host: Sarah Holder; Guests: Matthew Boesler and Cristina Lindblad; Produced by David Fox; Edited by Paddy Hirsch and Naomi Shavin; Engineering by Emma Munger. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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