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We'll look at how the U.S. economy is doing and how that might play into the midterms,

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I'm Simon Long, international editor at The Economist, and you're listening to money talks.

First, it's the midterm elections in America, when voters will decide who will control

the two Houses of Congress and elect new state governors and legislator and of

course it will be seen as some sort of referendum on how the president is doing.

Ryan Avent is the free exchange columnist at the economist

and joins us now from Washington

to talk about the American economy

and how it's playing into the election campaign.

Hello Ryan.

Hi Simon.

The impression from the recent growth and unemployment numbers

is that the economy is doing very well.

Is that fair enough?

I think that's fair enough. The recent GDP figures

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