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Hey there from CNN, I'm Krista Bo with the five things you need to know for Wednesday,

October 30th.

The economy may have finally pulled off that soft landing the Federal

Reserve has been hoping for. That's when inflation is tamed without throwing

the country into a recession. And several economists tell CNN the US has now reached that

historical achievement.

CNN's Matt Egan has more. So these new numbers out measure GDP. It's kind of like a

quarterly report card for the economy and it showed that the

U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8% during the third quarter.

That is very solid growth and it's being driven by the fact that everyone keeps

spending money. None of this is to say the economy is perfect right there are real

challenges especially on affordability but the good news is because the economy keeps growing,

because the jobs market keeps growing, wages are up. And so now we're in a situation

where paychecks are consistently beating prices and so hopefully that helps people catch up to

these higher prices and start to feel better. With a presidential race this

close every vote counts and Republicans and Democrats across the country are

preparing for legal battles over how the elections conducted and which votes

should count. In Virginia the US Supreme Court sided with Republicans by ruling that the state can now implement a program to remove suspected non-citizens from the voter rules.

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