Subject: When the WSJ says it
I meant to post this here, but got mixed up and put it on the MacroEconomics board. Ah well, it works there too:

Quote from the front page of the Wall Street Journal:

Steady hiring continues to fuel consumer spending and, in turn, an economic expansion unlike any the U.S. has seen.

https://www.wsj.com/livecovera......

How is it that a majority of the country thinks we’re in a recession and that stocks are at an all time low? Other than their news source, I mean. Do they not trust their own eyes? There’s a “help wanted sign in front of every other store at the strip mall, and “We’re hiring” placards in front of every big box store I go to.