The fact that the president and administration base the wellness of the economy off of the Stock Market is all you need to know its cooked books and market manipulation all the way down.  He will do and say whatever to move the markets up. That means covering up inconvenient data. And letting average Americans suffer while the rich, who own 90% of the stock market, continue to see gains at the expense of our suffering. The only silver lining in all this is that, at least the way I see it, this cant be sustained for 3+ years. This house of cards will come crashing down, violently, somewhere along the line.