So I've been watching the economy and the market. The results are mixed at best. Although we saw a marvelous run-up in 2017 (which was a continuation of the run-up in 2015-2016) the last two months has seen a market in turmoil. Fortunately, I shifted at the end of January and have not been significantly impacted. We saw a spike in GDP in in 2017, it has not sustained itself and doesn't show any dramatic differences from the 2012-2016 numbers. And we've seen a few good months of job growth, but 2017 and 2018 (so far) numbers are still (on average) behind 2015 and 2016 numbers. We've seen slight, but not significant, changes in the industrial or coal sectors. We've seen major attrition on the tourism sector. Unemployment has dropped slightly, but not as much as it did 2010 through 2016, not even as a monthly rate. Meanwhile we have reduced government income and are on the cusp of increasing it's spending, making the deficit problem even worse.
So where is all of this economic prosperity and fiscal responsibility?
So where is all of this economic prosperity and fiscal responsibility?
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