How reassuring. Some hired hand gets to damn the whole mess with faint praise.
That kind a bull crap ought to be shoved back at the head wrangler as ridiculous.
We understand that disasters include major economic impact...that's part of the reason they're called disasters.
Economists need to stick to real numbers and not mood rings.
The scenario of an initial economic slowdown followed by an increase due to the rebuilding effort has long been known to be the case in disasters of this type. This sort of an article highlights the importance of people becoming educated about what is going on around them and how it is affecting their lives.