rising at the best pace in six month pps gm rose 13%. chrysler 16% and toyota 10%. all of those numbers were better than expected. >>> due to the strong jobs report an the gdp numbers means we picked up enough speed and what does it mean for the fed tapering its buying program. joining us is greg mankiw. he's an economic's professor at harvard. it's great to see you today. >> it's nice to be with you. >> what do you think? we with seeing this long awaited recovery? >> we've gotten good news. there's no question this jobs report is a step in the right direction. we don't want to overstate hold up good it is. it's good compared to the meager recovery we've seen over the past few years. if you look at other deep recessions this is stale a fairly tepid recovery. >> do you think we're finally hitting that point where we can pull out of it? maybe getting the stronger growth or do you need to see a little more data? >> i'd like to see a little more data. i think the signs have been looking up. i think the fed will have to wait and see the coming data looks like before they