joining us now on the phone is marc ostwald, a strategist at adm investment services.do auto sales tell us about the macro economy here? a reminder that last month was a bit of an aberration, secondly, when we get the retail sales number later in the month, for overall retail sales, they were probably show a pretty strong again. aided and assisted by the fact that gasoline prices have gone up. as far as initial claims go, they keep reminding us, the u.s. labor market is very, very tight. at the top end, jumps the people would like, but nevertheless, we are getting to that stage where there is a shortage of labor. market, mentioned labor that is one area that has been a bright spot for the u.s. economy. also, up until that report looking very strong. what about the weaker areas, manufacturing on monday? comingsee a turnaround around with the weak dollar, that will finally see rebounding u.s. manufacturing? think a weaker or stronger dollar will make that much difference to the u.s. economy or manufacturing sector. when you look at the provisional gdp data, investment fr