US Economic Week in Review: The Economy is Hitting on All Cylinders

            US economic news continues to be very strong.  The Fed observed as much in their latest Beige Book, which reported on an economy clearly in the middle of a broad-based expansion. The latest employment report was amazingly strong.  And the latest ISM sentiment data paint a picture of an economy in the middle of an expansion.

          On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve released the latest beige book.  It contained the following overall assessment of the U.S. economy: