Kai Risdahl

That said, economic growth has been going up, or at least it was in the third quarter of last year, July through September.

Thanks again, shutdown.

Thanks again, shutdown.

4.4% was the annual rate of growth in this economy back then, better than we'd initially thought, and better than the 3.8% growth in Q2.

4.4% was the annual rate of growth in this economy back then, better than we'd initially thought, and better than the 3.8% growth in Q2.

You drill down into the data, as we are wont to do around here, and you'll find one of the big contributors to that growth is private sector services.

You drill down into the data, as we are wont to do around here, and you'll find one of the big contributors to that growth is private sector services.

Think finance and tech and insurance.

Think finance and tech and insurance.

Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes is on it.

Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes is on it.

On Wall Street today, generally upbeat.

On Wall Street today, generally upbeat.

We will have the details when we do the numbers.

We will have the details when we do the numbers.

There is, perhaps, no phrase in all of economic reporting that generates more panic than these four little words.

There is, perhaps, no phrase in all of economic reporting that generates more panic than these four little words.

Too big to fail.

Too big to fail.

Think back with me now, if you would, to the Great Recession, the subprime mortgage crisis, the bank failures, and then the very long and very slow recovery.