And I would be shocked if wage and salary growth picked up to even 4% year-ove-year before dropping back down to the 2% range given what is happening around the world.

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The origin of the road's regal name is said to stem back to a league of kings who advanced this way to wage war with the wicked Cities of the Plains -- the Old Testament cities of Sodom and Gomorrah -- which are thought to have lain along the Dead Sea.

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