Furman, tapped to give the opening presentation, looked into his screen of poorly lit boxes of frightened wonks and made a startling claim.That was a month ago. His point was that we're going to get headlines like UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO TEN PERCENT and then everybody will cheer but 10% unemployment sucks and everybody will not cheer even if it happens.
“We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country,” he said.