ironically, ben bernanke and his colleagues, offered this assessment on the economy.oderate growth going through the next four quarters. economists are extremely bad predicting turning points and we don't pretend to be even better. he says this right here. then comes the great recession, right? employment skyrockets from 4% all the way up to 10%. that puts into perspective all of this talk of a soft landing. perhaps the track record leaving something to be desired there. now one of the hurdles for the fed, this rate tightening cycle has been the jobs market. it has continued to be really tight. yesterday's jobs opening report was flat, largely in line with consensus. job openings, kind of flat here, fell marginally, roughly 26,000. hiring edged lower. notable declines in warehousing, utilities. quits though, that plunged, decreasing by 54,000. that is the lowest in 3 1/2 years, the quits rate. may be rather fair to say the grate resignation is over. that will also bode well for wage inflation as we go on. couple other trends heading into tomorrow's jobs report i want