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FILE - In this March 23, 2016 file photo, actor Matthew McConaughey, left, and Ford CEO Mark Fields introduce the Lincoln Navigator Concept at the New York International Auto Show. Ford is replacing its CEO amid questions about its current performance and future strategy, a person familiar with the situation has said. Fields will be replaced by Jim Hackett, who joined Ford's board in 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump points to Ford Motors CEO Mark Fields, second right, as White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, right, looks on at the start of a meeting with automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Ford is replacing its CEO amid questions about its current performance and future strategy, a person familiar with the situation has said. Fields will be replaced by Jim Hackett, who joined Ford's board in 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2014 file photo, Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company President and CEO, speaks at a news conference for the production of the 2015 F-150 at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. Ford is replacing its CEO amid questions about its current performance and future strategy, a person familiar with the situation has said. Fields will be replaced by Jim Hackett, who joined Ford’s board in 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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This undated photo provided by Ford Motor Co. shows Jim Hackett, chairman of Ford Smart Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co. He was named to the position March 10, 2016. Ford is replacing its CEO amid questions about its current performance and future strategy, a person familiar with the situation has said. Mark Fields will be replaced by Hackett, who joined Ford's board in 2013. (Ford Motor Co. via AP)
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In this April 12, 2017, file photo, Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Mark Fields speaks during a media preview of the 2018 Lincoln Navigator at the New York International Auto Show in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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Illustration on Trump's potential effect on economic growth by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Ohio Auditor of State Dave Yost discusses a fiscal tool for cities and counties in Columbus, Ohio. Rollout of the Government Accounting Standards Board's reporting rules for economic development tax breaks has not been without hiccups, with the nonprofit board issuing an April 2017 clarification about tax increment financing, or TIF, districts. Columbus, Ohio, opted not to list TIFs in the city's 2016 financial report, a decision that appeared to comply with guidance issued by Yost. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)
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FILE – In this Nov. 22, 2016, file photo, Detroit Pistons signs hang outside Little Caesars Arena, future home of the basketball team and the Detroit Red Wings hockey team in Detroit. Rollout of the Government Accounting Standards Board's reporting rules for economic development tax breaks has not been without hiccups, with the nonprofit board issuing an April 2017 clarification about tax increment financing, or TIF, districts. The mechanism was used to develop Little Caesars Arena and other projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE – In this April 8, 2014, file photo, construction workers listen to a safety talk by a manager in front of Union Station, undergoing renovation and expansion, in Denver. Rollout of the Government Accounting Standards Board's reporting rules for economic development tax breaks has not been without hiccups, with the nonprofit board issuing an April 2017 clarification about tax increment financing, or TIF, districts. The mechanism was used to develop Union Station and other projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2017, file photo, workers for RBV Contracting Inc., a subcontractor of Cimco Refrigeration Inc., begin excavation for the ice system at Little Caesars Arena, future home of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team and Detroit Pistons basketball team in Detroit. Rollout of the Government Accounting Standards Board's reporting rules for economic development tax breaks has not been without hiccups, with the nonprofit board issuing an April 2017 clarification about tax increment financing, or TIF, districts. The mechanism was used to develop Little Caesars Arena and other projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE – This June 14, 2004, file photo shows the main entrance to Polaris Fashion Place, a suburban mall in Columbus, Ohio. Rollout of the Government Accounting Standards Board's reporting rules for economic development tax breaks has not been without hiccups, with the nonprofit board issuing an April 2017 clarification about tax increment financing, or TIF, districts. The mechanism was used to develop the Polaris Fashion Place mall and other projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)
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FILE - In this May 10, 2016 file photo, Illinois Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, speaks during a news conference in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate's "grand bargain" budget compromise comes down to three pieces of legislation for the state that hasn't had a budget since 2015. There's a $36.5 billion outline for spending in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2017. Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington suggested more than two dozen areas of savings or spending cuts and Manar says those savings would be immediate. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2016 file photo, Illinois Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, speaks at a meeting in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Senate's "grand bargain" budget compromise comes down to three pieces of legislation for the state that hasn't had a budget since 2015. There's a $36.5 billion outline for spending in the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2017. The spending outline is based largely on a compromise budget introduced by Brady. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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In this May 14, 2017 photo, a moto-taxi passes the venue where baseball, softball, archery and other sports will be played during the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Flooding earlier this year in the north of the country, and in Lima, killed more than 100 and displaced thousands. President Pedro Pablo Kuczysnki has put reconstruction costs at up to $9 billion, raising questions about the propriety of big spending on a two-week sports event. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, questions Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen as she testifies in front of the Senate Banking Committee in Washington on Feb. 14, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this April 26, 2017 photo provided by L.L. Bean, a rear view of the company's Bootmobile is displayed in Tokyo, Japan. The Maine-based outdoors company already has two of the rolling Bean boots in the U.S. Now this third version will be visiting Bean's stores in Japan. (Hideki Hashiramoto/L.L.Bean via AP)
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In this April 26, 2017 photo provided by L.L. Bean, the company's Bootmobile is displayed in Tokyo, Japan. The Maine-based outdoors company already has two of the rolling Bean boots in the U.S. Now this third version will be visiting Bean's stores in Japan. (Hideki Hashiramoto/L.L.Bean via AP)
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FILE – In this April 12, 2005, file photo, operator Kevin Holko monitors the control room during a scheduled refueling shutdown at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – This April 12, 2005, file photo, shows the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in North Perry, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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FILE – In this April 4, 2017, file photo, plumes of steam drift from the cooling tower of FirstEnergy Corp.'s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Opponents of a proposed bailout of Ohio's two nuclear plants are praising a Wednesday, May 17, 2017, decision in the state House Public Utilities Committee to suspend testimony on a bill criticized by consumer, business and energy groups, even as FirstEnergy Corp., based in Akron, Ohio, continues to push for the deal. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
