we have john felmy who will talk to us about energy. he won't do forecasting of energy prices but he'll talk about the energy situation and what we'll see in more exploration of energy supplies. it is something that his chamber has made a focal point of the growth strategy. it will be interesting to hear from john. we're also going to hear from frank nothaft. he's an expert i've known frank for -- i won't say because he looks younger than i do. it is a long time. he's an expert in the housing market and if that is one of the bright spots in the economy today. then finally, we're going have bob costello who is the chief economist at the a.t.a. we build stuff and we put it on trucks and move it around. if you keep track of the trucks you can keep track of the economy. i'm happy they all agreed to be here this morning. if you look at the u.s. economy you see an economy growing three and half years ago but the problem is it never hit its stride. it grew but it grew at 3.5%. we never made up the g.d.p. gap. so you have seen this chart in the

today we have john felmy, chief economist at api and who will talk to us about kind of energy. john won't do forecasting energy prices, but he will talk about the energy situation is looking and what we are seeing in terms of more exploration energies, supplies, a huge sector in the us economy and one of has made a focal point of our growth strategy going forward. so it will be very interesting to hear from john. will also hear from frank nothaft was a chief economist at freddie mac, and frank is an expert. i've known frank for -- i was held on, because he looks much younger than i do, but it's a long, long, long time, and he is an expert in the housing market and i think that's one of, if not bright spots at least brighter spots in the economy today. and then finally we'll have bob costello was the chief economist at ata. in this economy we build stuff that would put on trucks and we move it around. so if you're trying to keep track of the trucks you can also keep track of the economy and bob does an amazing job of that. i'm happy they all agree to be here this morning. when yo