It's supposed to at least recover and then grow more because in the meantime the population and threats to America continue to grow w/o a let up. This is why we've been seeing a weakening failing nation for several years now.
The current climate is anti growth. Both in regulations and in Wall Street.
If you are a small company that starts to really grow, expect massive amounts of government auditors to descend to “protect” the public and your larger competitor. If you are large company, growing makes you a target for to many, either in a buy out, or by the anti capitalists who seem to be paid by your competitors.
The strategy for years has been to protect market share, and (if you are high enough) cash out. No one really cares about what the business does.
I have seen this first hand to many times.
In the right fiscal environment, ZIRP would have been adrenaline, in this case it’s become morphine. But that’s the fault of Democrats and their enablers. Our fiscal policy is the worst it has been since Carter.
And I don’t like ZIRP or the FED. Twelve Americans shouldn’t decide monetary policy for the rest of us 300 million. Let the marketplace do that.