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may or may not match up with what you are feeling every day. we're about to get the biggest hard data dump of the summer. a multifaceted look at what the cold hard facts tell us about where the u.s. economy stands. you have these big hitters all announcing their earnings this week. it's going to be a big reflection of where we are, what we're buying out there. what we're not buying and participating in in this market. look at the reports coming out this week. it's a huge week for this summer. you have gdp, the cost of goods. perhaps the most important, consumer sentiment that we'll g...

administration down playing the recession call. there's semantics. what is a recession, how do you technically define it. no matter what, there's widespread agreement no matter who you talk to. that is that economic growth is slowing. the treasury secretary, janet yellen acknowledges as much. but then she maintains that that does not mean a recession is inevitable. >> this is not in an economy that is in recession. but we're in a period of transition in which growth is slowing. and that's necessary and appropriate. we need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace. >> yellen say...