He says the economy is growing for the first time in a year, productivity is surging, companies are reporting profits and the stock market is showing gains.
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And then there are promising innovations like the gasoline-powered Scuderi engine, whose developer is reporting some massive leaps in fuel economy, at least in laboratory tests.
The biggest movement between the first and second quarters was in the percentage of executives reporting optimism about the economy, dipping by 10 points.