Recently released economic data indicates that the US economy is booming (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/the-us-economy-suddenly-looks-like-its-unstoppable.html). New jobs created came in at 223,000, way above the expected 188,000, unemployment at 3.8% is at an 18 year low and 58.7% of American businesses are in an expansion mode. Overall, second quarter growth is now expected to be between 3.6% and 4.8%, unheard of figures for a long time.