How good is this economic comeback? let s get perspective. mark zandy, chief economist for moody s. grateful for your time today. the president calls this historic. and the president at the beginning of his remarks raised a point. he essentially is making the point that finally the american economy, the strength of the economy, has outwrestled covid. and the economy is now driving the show. is that true? i think that s a good point. yeah, i think the economy is on track doing well. you know, i think the broader message in today s jobs numbers was how resilient the economy is, creating about 500,000 jobs per month for more than the past year. despite the ups and downs and the waves, the delta wave, omicron wave, the economy continues to chug along and produce 500k in every month and that s enough to bring down unemployment and here we are at 4% unemployment rate. yeah, it feels like the economy finally is breaking free of the pandemic. obviously, the pandemic is still on. there s go