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The u.s. economy is roaring. the latest numbers show it grew at 4.1% in the spring, thats the biggest growth spurt since 2014. combine that with a near 18-year low in unemployment, factory orders on the rise and a surge in exports, and that gave president trump a chance to pat himself on the back. >> weve turned it all around. once again, we are the economic envy of the entire world. weve accomplished an economic turn around of historic proportions. >> all right, some economists say that bump ma...

The commerce department reported that u.s. factory orders rose in march. they have been up for seven of the last eight months. according to a recent cnn poll, 57% of americans feel that good things are happening, things are going well in the united states today. president trump didnt get us here, of course, just by rubber-stamping the policies of his predecessors. thank the good lord. instead what he does is he continually tests for theories, the conventional wisdom of the so-called experts, and...

Factory orders in the mid-atlantic region. theres so much industry there in that part of the country. its such an important bell weather for how things are going across the country. took economists by surprise. they werent expecting these numbers to be so robust. between the jobs market and industrial production and factory orders, all of these segments of our economy seem to be going well. when consumers hear the news, they go ahead and they open their pocketbooks. we saw wal-mart out with an e...

Be on one hand, does he have a point? we talk to ceos all the time who tell us that because of the tax cults youre talking about, mr. secretary, because of the regulation cuts, they are more optimistic and perhaps more willing to invest in their own companies. >> wait a minute. theres no sign that they are investing more. in fact, what weve seen is that they are buying up their own stocks, yes. they are doing more significants. yes. but theres no sign theyre investing more in jobs here in the un...

The united states. >> i see it very differently, bob. i mean, look at what happened with factory orders in january. very positive. the preliminary results for february very positive. in fact, really good announcement bnumbers. that means companies are spending. youre right, you cant read too much into three or four months, were in agreement, but so far you have to feel pretty good right now about the way this economy is moving. its not great but its pretty good. >> steven moore, secretary -- >> ...

Small business confidence, consumer confidence, the stock market, factory orders were up last month. there is a little bit of a glimmer in the eye of the economy right now and i hope -- i think we all hope thats sustainable. >> and quickly, what are your concerns about -- donald trump says he wants to be the jobs creator in chief but at the same time when he talks about cuts there are a number of government agencies right there in the washington, d.c. area that are looking at thousands of jobs t...

President would take credit for things that happened on his watch. hes only been in office for a month and some of these were let in motion. the big effect here, over the last week, the whole media story has been, oh, a tumultuous week for donald trump and washington, but what most americans are paying attention to is not this kind of palace intrigue we in washington pay attention to but whats going on in the real economy, and trump has had a good number of weeks so youve seen an increase in con...

Could comment on. if things are great with the economy, why is donald trump so down in the dumps? the number of times he said i inherited a mess yesterday. >> he did. >> hes turned it around in 27 days? >> what im saying is the economy is starting to show signs of real pickup with the stock market, with factory orders, with consumer confidence. there seems to be a new bounce in the step in the economy. its funny, it started on november 8th. >> my goodness. >> a bounce in stephen moores step at l...

Of repeat it, oh, a terrible week for donald trump. yes, he did have two resignations of high level officials. its not something most americans care a lot about. ill tell what you they do care about is exactly what donald trump is going to talk about, the economy and jobs. and you look at the front page, "wall street journal" story yesterday about how the economy is starting to really pick up. you had a huge increase in factory orders in january. you have all-time high in terms of consumer confi...

Factory orders in january as high as they have been in a long time. i think thats a little bit -- wouldnt you agree, bob, the trumpfe effect? >> i disagree. the stock market has been going gang busters for a very long time now and we have also seen. >> but it did jump a lot of president trump got elected. >> because people anticipated in terms of the stock market, we anticipate a big cut in taxes and infrastructure project both calculated to improve profits but profits dont mean individuals will...