Convenience Services: A Bellwether for a Strong Economy

A deli in the Chelsea neighborhood in New York, July 8, 2014. Small companies like these are responsible for most of the job creation in America. Samira Bouaou/Epoch Times

From where we sit, the U.S. economy is firing on all cylinders.

America’s unemployment rate currently stands at 4 percent—one of its lowest points since the late 1960s. Average hourly earnings rose 2.8 percent through May, the largest expansion since the Great Recession. Economic growth, meanwhile, is expected to remain at 3 percent or higher this year—up from 1.9 percent at the end of 2016.