[henry quirk]

"Funny how concepts such as mathematics, economics, and history say otherwise."

Funny how extremists like yourself ignore the basic reality about an economy: it's all about people (what they have, what they want [not what folks like yourself think they should have or want]).

An economy is nuthin' more than the countless transactions between and among individuals occurring within a context of what's available. Those 'leading indicators' you place so much faith in (like the good lil religionist you are) are nuthin' but guess work and estimate used by 'experts', who fundamentally don't know diddly about diddly, to sway opinion, to fulfill prophecy.

You're a workhorse bein' led by a carrot that isn't even real.