More effective. so he is focused on this issue, he understands how important it is for students. we know college education is so important for individuals, for our country, and he wants to ensure that individuals have the access and can do so in an affordable way. former trump white house economic adviser kevin hassett says america is already in a recession. is it possible he s correct? so i m not sure where that comes from, so what we saw is coming out of 2021, that we had economic growth of about 5.5%. the strongest one year growth in almost on record for a first year president. last quarter the advance estimate showed there was slowing in the first quarter. however, if you look at the components of gdp that really reflects personal consumptconsu business investment, that grew at a healthy 3.5%. many economists we have documented that that is a better predictor of what next quarter s gdp is likely to be.