The U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent.

That’s the fastest pace since 2014, driven by consumers who began spending their tax cuts and exporters who rushed to get their products delivered ahead of retaliatory tariffs.

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he was thrilled with what he called an “amazing” growth rate and said it wasn’t “a one-time shot.” However, private economists took issue with that forecast, saying the second quarter performance isn’t likely to last in the months ahead.

The latest GDP figure was nearly double the 2.2 percent growth rate in the first quarter, which was revised up from a previous estimate of 2 percent growth.

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With files from the Associated Press.

With guest host Alex Cohen

Guests:

Steve Moore, former economic adviser on Donald Trump's campaign team and economist at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington D.C.

Michael Madowitz, an economist at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank

David Shulman, professor and senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast where his specialty is U.S. macro economics