actually. much better than the left wants to you to know about. first of all, since the president s inauguration nearly 600,000 new jobs created in america. manufacturing mining, drilling going very strong. 200,000 part-time jobs replaced with full-time jobs. the unemployment rate 4.3%. the u 6. let s not get technical. the real unemployment rate all the way down to 8.4%. home sales up. mortgage applications up. home prices up. credit scores average 700. best in a decade. stocks are at record highs. the dow industrials have gone up to 10%, 15% since the election. steve: why is that? because trump is a red tape cutter? no yes. it s the promise of growth in the future from tax cuts, less red tape, an an infrastructure. ainsley: why don t you hear about it? brian: because it s not done yet. tax reform is not done yet. healthcare is not done yet.
that we have. we just got personal data and consumer spending data today. in february, better than expected. the first couple months, the flow of economic data relating to the consumer has been better. home sales up. auto sales up. you see the green arrows there. all going in the right direction. now, throws being fueled by the fact that more people, we have two million more people working today than there were this time last year. housing prices are up which makes people feel more wealthy. the stock market at record highs. and those people are outweighing the fact that we re all losing $50 or so every couple weeks to our paychecks. to this higher social security tax. and in addition, higher capital gains, higher income taxes on the very wealthy. and the owncare tax, we were told the rich would stop investing. if you look at what s happening on wall street, they seem to be investing plenty. dan gross.
would cancel his visit, he said. but russia knows its responsibilities. now, ali, the russian president is sketching out a picture in which he says the russian economy is open for business. they re looking for international investment. and he says, they want they re happy to listen, ali, but they don t want to be lectured. here you have an economy, russia that is oil and gas rich, flush with funds and now sending the gauntlet down to the international business community. quick question for you. we have evidence in the united states, we ve seen new home sales up, the stock market, the dow crossing 12,000, we ve seen unemployment stubborn, but started to see jobs created. but the rest of the world has different things going. china is still soaring in terms of growth. so is india. europe still has problems. britain came in with a gdp that was negative all of the sudden. what is the mood at davos?