Grocery prices have a more immediate effect on American views of the economy than overall inflation does. | Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images President Donald Trump spent much of the past year engineering price increases, financial panics, and trade wars. Nonetheless, despite his best efforts, he is presiding over a pretty good economy. Or so the headline statistics would suggest.  Last week, a pair of government reports showed robust job growth and slowing inflation. Employers added 130,000 jobs in January, bringing the unemployment rate down to 4.3 perc...

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