From the New York Times on Michael Barbar, this is the Daily.

Today, the President is claiming credit for a booming economy,

but is the economy actually booming?

And if it is, does he get any credit for it?

It's Monday February 5th.

Our economy is perhaps the best it's ever been.

The stock market has added more than $8 trillion in New York.

The stock market is stock market.

The stock market is hitting one all-time record after none.

There's no question that since Donald Trump became President,

the American stock market has been seized by a kind of euphoria.

Today again, the stock market has reached another record all-time.

It's at a new high right now, gaining $8 trillion and more.

And continues to go up, up, up, we want to keep it going.

The economy is so strong now and so good.

The economy is doing really great.

The economy is going really well and going to get even a lot better.

But the stock market is not the real economy.

Peter Goodman reports on the economy for the times.

The real economy is the totality of all the stuff that we buy, sell, and produce.

That's a much more important parameter of overall economic health for most people.

Do we have enough jobs?

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