Just this week we saw a jobs number that absolutely rofl stomped the consensus expectations. At the same time the credit card number came in ism services business purchasing came in 35% over expectations and new orders were way over expectations as well. Businesses are out there doing something!
You could watch in real-time as the markets all did a collective about face on what the narratives should be.
I frankly don’t know if we are in a good economy or not, but there are lots and lots of indicators we are, so saying someone is on “copium” because they espouse that view says a lot more about your biases than theirs.