As worries about a US or even global recession have emerged over the past months, Wall Street analysts economic pundits, and fretful economists have been looking for data that might suggest a downturn is coming. That data is hard to come by. The US unemployment rate is at a year low, 3. The stock market isn’t the economy, but as a proxy for economic confidence, is pointing in a positive direction. Finance wonks briefly turned their attention to the legendary «inverted yield curve,» often seen as a the harbinger of bad times, but there was no guarantee that the inversion of short- and long-term bond yields from their typical pattern is a signal of. Read more: Here’s what everyone is missing about US auto sales. Enter the auto market. After cratering in the US following the hkw crisis, auto sales have run at record levels for the past four years. It was looking like might finally see a retreat below the million mark. But with just about two selling months remaining i...