AdvertisementFirst, on the overall economy:NEC Director Kevin Hassett: "If you look at the overall economy, then things are really, really booming. As an example, there are 83,000 construction workers building factories right now. As an example, there are 83,000 construction workers building factories right now. You can remember over the last couple of years, there were millions of revisions and, the bottom line is, if you look at the overall economy, then things are really, really booming. But the fact is, the thing that really jumps out at us, is that those are really good jobs, manufacturing jobs, they are construction jobs.