. >> stay with us, laura rosner is joining us now.e were talking about what happened yesterday, why the markets fell out of bed. where are we now, do you believe, on the strength of the economy here? i know the manufacturing data was weak again yesterday. what will we learn on friday with payrolls? >> so, great question. we should learn that hiring in the u.s. is holding up. outside of manufacturing the economy remains resilient. i think the sorts of scares in financial markets are something we have to get used to. the rest of the world is going through a transition. the growth outlook is there, so there are moments when we have the rumbles in markets, hiccups, that will cause volatility this year. >> i think the question is how much volatility is going to actually end up hurting the economy? hurting confidence? people say -- strategists say the u.s. stocks will be okay. we're not in a recession. then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy where volatility abroad can hurt our markets and dent confidence. >> i agree with you. u.s. equit