We are still experiencing the largest economic expansion of our history. Our economy is 50 percent bigger than it was eight years ago.

Those same closed economies, isolated from the risks of the global economy, have also been isolated from its fullest awards.

The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to work and live and raise their families with dignity.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did...No president...Not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just 4 years.

Warren is obviously a very long-term thinker. The economy recovery, whether it's first-quarter, second-quarter, or second half of the year, doesn't influence his thoughts on valuations.

The economic data fed into the theme that the economy is headed for a soft landing.