oh @doc whut?!
if you;re going to put out economic data use the current ones...
latest retail sales
https://fortune.com/2019/10/17/consumer-spending-retail-sales-economic-warning-sign/
latest ISM
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/01/us-manufacturing-economy-contracts-to-worst-level-in-a-decade.html
i dont think things are as bad as the journalists like to make out with their end of the world headlines.
but your post was significantly more misleading than their headlines
US economy isnt crashing. its gradually sliding lower. but the pace of that will pick up over next 6 months as big company employment culls occur
