Investment Advisor Mark Grywacheski says the 17.7 number is much better than what experts were expecting on Wall Street. He says their forecast was just a 7.5% gain.
There's a big question that comes out of this number though. Why was it so high, and is the economy stronger than what we're giving it credit for? Grywacheski got into all of that Monday, June 22.
"It's way way too early to be able to fully quantify the economic fallout from this COVID-19 pandemic," he said Monday. "This does serve as a ray of hope that maybe we at least minimized the damage."
Grywacheski says the biggest factor in economic growth is consumer spending, saying it was still strong last year despite trade disputes with other countries. Your Money with Mark airs in between 5 and 5:30 a.m. every Monday during Good Morning Quad Cities.