U.S. has appeared in recession mode in January and February based on gasoline data usage at stations... Last week continued the weakness... https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/national-average-jumps-double-digits-as-summer-blend-switch-begins The EIA data is too far off the demand numbers this week to bother posting... Believe the tech data tracking or don't... Peon opinion on that, of course... Iran is probably buying chips in mass to make weapons to supply to Russia and other factions they back... U.S. politicians may have bet big on that expectation... After so many people get killed, that type trend will slow too... Russia should just go ahead and over run little Ukraine and get it over with... Then China could get back to more biz and help restore world economy levels back to more stable basis... Israel has plenty of people in Gaza left that they can kill, but they have already alienated themselves from the peace following, natured people watching.... So we watch...LJ