Our economy is stronger than it appears to be.
Economic measurements, such as GDP, U-6 unemployment numbers, factory orders, are really gummint estimates, mostly from lifelong demonRATs that are burrowed deep in the bowels of the SWAMP.
Does anyone think that they don't 'shade' the numbers, depending on which party is in the White House?
It is absolutely impossible to know the GDP and even the gummint admits they fudge it and then 'corrects' it 5-6 weeks later.
I give the SWAMP DWELLERS absolutely no slack in their attempt to publish any numbers.
I say they do it intentionally, and it has a political slant and it always slants in one direction.
Did you notice how hard they tried to get last year's Annual GDP number under 3%. If that were obummer, they would have been looking for ways to pump it up.
“Unexpectedly”
Obama they revised the GDP numbers along with the employment numbers DOWN the month or quarter after. With Trump they are usually revising these numbers UP.
The Fed had no reason to raise rates like they did.