Hate to have to say it, but the economy is better now than in was in 2008 after the bank failures and two unfunded wars.
Here in the northeast the economy is definitely worse that 2007/2008; after losing financial sector jobs we now bleed retail jobs. American families are disappearing, and pension obligations ensure the high costs have remained while incomes have fallen (or disappeared). The solution to prevent the total desertion of this area is unfettered access to foreigners; the whole area is a “sanctuary”. Despite Nancy Pelosi’s contention, wealth transfers via government are not the same as jobs; somebody has to pay the bills (and there are less and less Americans left to do so).