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Investors could see such a downturn in 6 months or even two years, he added.

After a Great Depression decade, policymakers wanted continued government spending to avoid another downturn.

The downturn is impacting different parts of the commonwealth, including Bardstown, Ky., a city of about 13,500 people south of Louisville.

That has left some investors worried that the rally is kicking up the kind of froth that often portends a downturn.

That natural attrition is slowing because more workers, hamstrung by declining job openings and spooked by fears of an economic downturn, are staying put.