Joining us right now is Kelly Leler, administrator of the Small Business Administration. And thank you so much for being here today, ad administrator. Let's talk a little bit about first what you're seeing in terms of the health of small businesses at this moment.>> Well, good morning, Becky. Great to be with y'all. Look, small businesses are more optimistic than they've been in seven years, according to the data.In fact, small business confidence is above its 52-year average even after a protracted 43-day ...

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I'd love to. If we may, Rick, start big and broad with you. The US economy, you have a great vantage point.How would you describe it right now. I think it's still very robust, to be honest. Now, you know, the data that I look at is obviously off of our properties, and our properties are growing in terms of attendance on a double digit basis year over year.So that's very strong. Our sales per square foot are continuing to grow at a very strong pace and we have a lot of demand for retail space. So retailers, ...

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