The stock market is not the economy.
The Bond market is not the economy.
The value of the dollar is not the economy.
Buying and selling goods and services for an agreed upon price is the economy.
People are building more houses and buildings now, and improving them. That means more people laying concrete and asphalt, making and selling lumber and metal and gypsum products, making plumbing products and wiring products, and even more government inspectors conducting inspections of projects underway.
Truck traffic at our local quarry and batch plant is almost continuous now!
ALL of my investments are doing wonderfully,
...and I'm selling more instrumentation than ever!