i would like to bring in fhn financial chief economist chris lowe and jack ablin of crescent wealth managementlet me start with you. economic data continues for the most part coming in better than anticipated. it does the same experts. you are part of the expert pool. say, of course it came in better. the gm strike is over. of course it came in better but i'm just, i find it remarkable, it feels like it can continue? >> it does. and i think that's, if you take a step back, think about how the story has changed in the last three or four-month, the biggest thing is we were talking about recession, right? will it come before the end of the year? is it a 2020 story? nobody is talking about recession anymore. the economy is fine. we are growing and i know after three rates from the fed looks like we're on track for decent growth next year. charles: on that recession thing, outside of the inverted yield curve, i didn't see a lot of economic data, string of economic data. generally you look for a trend. it felt like a quick knee-jerk conclusion. it blew up. it wasn't just the financial media but all