All right, Alexander, let's talk about the U.S. economy, Bidenomics.

Biden says that Bidenomics is working wonders for the U.S. economy.

What do you think?

Well, this is the, it's not just a question of what I think.

It's what a question of what most Americans think.

And most Americans, according to the polling data, are not impressed by Bidonomics.

And this is actually in some ways remarkable, because if you take the numbers seriously,

the numbers are looking remarkably good. A 5.2% growth in the last

quarter, GDP growth, in the last quarter, this is scorching growth and rising real wages,

something we haven't seen in the United States, except by the way, under Donald

Trump briefly. But I mean, all of these things suggesting that, you know, things in the US economy

are good. But what I suspect most people who actually live in the United States and work and turn

up at work and, you know, are having to get by in the United States are probably aware of

is first of all that the figures aren't telling us the real story and that for most people,

many people, prices, costs remain very high, higher interest rates, higher mortgage payments

in many cases.

I do understand that in the United States, many people

are protected by the fact that in the United States you have fixed rate mortgages to a much

greater extent that you do say in the UK. So in the United States, fixed rate mortgages means

fixed rate for 30 years. In the UK, it's typically just three. But anyway,

I understand that, but nonetheless, the interest rates must be hurting people in their credit

card payments, in their bank loans, even in some cases in their mortgages. So I, I, one can understand why people feel that they've gone through a very high

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