Means mean very little when you have huge inequalities.
Prisons and car accidents also improve GDP and they are not good measures of how *well* the economy is doing.
Of course, the stock market goes with the economy, but it's not the president that commands either directly (or even indirectly, to any so great extend).
Can we please stop measuring our well-being with how much we destroy the planet? https://youtu.be/QB8fjehyxfo