Name:   CRD - Subject:   4th quarter results Date:   4/27/2018 10:45:41 AM

Government spending slowed first quarter to a 1.2% gain as opposed to 3% previously.

Trade added .2% to growth. Inventories added .43%

GDP rose 2.3%  down from 2.9% last quarter of 2017.  However, it was the highest first quarter GDP since 2015.  Bloomberg's survey of economists forecast a median 2% gain.  Don't pay attention to the Atl Fed forecast.

Employee comp rose more than expected from a Labor Department Report.

Fed Reserve sees the first quarter slowdown as transitory, with predictions of a milestone set to hit in May.

I will agree, that a sustained 3% growth rate is going to be difficult to achieve with a global economy and trade corrections after years of a trade war waged on us, however, Archie, if you are not feeling the tailwinds of an improving economy, then you are mired in a wrong profession or simply regurgitate dumbed down talking points.