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Our economy has a cycle. During prosperous times, we describe being in an expansion. As the expansion peters out, it reaches a peak.  Immediately following the pinnacle, an economic contraction begins.  This decline continues until the trough is reached and a new expansion is ushered in.

I am thankful for the opportunity to know you.  You allow me to work in a fascinating field during a riveting time in history, and your friendship makes it even more rewarding.  I wish you a meaningful Thanksgiving.  We all have plenty for which to be thankful. ~Christopher Cox

Some of you who live on the eastern or western fringes of mainland U.S. may have noticed the culmination of America's pastime a couple of weeks ago.  Yes, the Boys of Summer wrapped up another hard-fought baseball battle for supremacy - the World Series (sans most of the world, of course).

Job Hopping

I sure didn't see that coming!

It’s not that hard.  You throw the ball.  You hit someone. 

Unless, of course, they dodge it. 

America kept adding jobs in September 2018 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Their employment situation report tallied 134,000 net new jobs in the period.  Of course, this uptick is well off the average of the prior three months of over 214,000 and is the weakest gain in twelve months.  However, July was revised higher by 18,000 and August received a large upward revi