we have built a recovery because of this president's policies and bankrate analyst mark hamrick saysc figures are part of an ongoing trend. economists and many other people have been expecting both the economy and the job market to cool substantially just really isn't happening. the march report also showed low unemployment and wage gains that are outpacing inflation. will people's impressions of the economy match the objective indicators, political science professor todd belt says that could have a major impact on the upcoming presidential election. what we know about job approval of the president is that is highly correlated. >> the economic indicators recently, inflation has been trending down, but persistent and hamrick says people are still adjusting to the higher costs. and we would expect that normalization to continue to take some time because we have not been relieved of the burden of high prices. but the president's team says consumer spending is up and that is an indication that, you know, families are feeling good about. >> the direction that things are going. no, of cour