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Supra-heated economy Why the next recession will happen in 2019

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Economists and stock pickers have their supercomputers humming to try to determine when the next recession and market swoon will happen.

I don’t need all that fancy software. Nor do I need to analyze reams of political or trade-trend white papers. My quarter-mile-long measuring stick for economic calamity: Japanese sports cars.

That’s because the past three recessions can all be connected to when Japan’s automakers launched

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