“I look forward to seeing next quarter … I think the 4.1 is just a stepping stone,” Trump said.
Trump’s claim about reaching GDP growth of 8 or 9 percent is far higher than economists predict.
The U.S. economy has not grown at a rate close to eight percent since the 1980s. In comparison, China, an emerging economy undergoing rapid transformation, grew at a rate of 6.7 percent in the second quarter, according to official figures put out earlier this month.
Trump did not specify Friday whether he was referring to an annual or quarterly growth rate.
The president has previously established a goal of growing the nation’s economy at an annual rate of 3 percent. That figure — well below the president’s off-script prediction to Hannity — would be tough to meet, but achievable, economists have said.