statisti statis but gdp was revised down. just y and th labor department, the bls came out and said there has not been an inkrecrease in hour wage fls a year ag not in supervisory a decrea do the things concern you? well, the wage are some says that up a lot growing at 4% a year, but in first quarter gdp numbers, the 2% number was probably a 2.8 becaus there s this leftover season and the thing we have b looking for so you don t buy it. no, but something you an talked about before was that we expect a capital spending boone because of the tax cuts and the it was revised up in the first quarter and right now, people tat quarter north of 4%. i thin signs are that the tax cuts are working as we had hoped and the president
gdp and for r thei wages. so peo are in a good enough mood that we re looking at growth north of 4% in the second quarter, which sho year a which you might recall people said was impossible. so the new york times report this month there was a report from your counsel. the conclusion was the presid tariffs are going to hurt this country econom on camera though, you have obviously defend the tariffs. do you tariffs hurt or help the u.s. economy? well first, i c or deny that repor report was a 80, report that the new yo times report was that may or may no my job is to advise the president and thatvice for it to be truthful needs to be protec by executiv privileg privil the president and all economdwrgree about the long run ob is it s to get the raid deals to