Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BIThe conflicting narratives about the US economy seem to have one thing in common: extremity.There are those who argue that America isn't just on the edge of a recession but already in one: "The Sahm rule has triggered! The ISM is below 50! Payroll employment has been revised down by nearly 1 million!" The doomers are using anything they can to argue that the economy is in dire straits.