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US GDP reached $31.856 trillion in Q1 2026, sitting 2.4 standard deviations above the recent average of $18.28T. This represents continued economic expansion from the steady growth trajectory visible since the 2020 disruption. Concurrently, several other indicators hit records: Consumer Price Index reached an all-time high, 10-Year Treasury yields climbed to record levels, and atmospheric CO₂ concentrations continued rising. Unemployment remained stable at 4.3%. Worth investigating: does this GDP outlier alongside record treasury yields and inflation suggest an economy operating beyond typical parameters, or simply robust growth in a changing baseline?