[delapaz]

All I can say is optimism is a very lagging indicator of a recovery. Articles like this are an indicator that we are at or near the bottom of the current economic cycle.

We've been through this before in the early 90's

[arete]

Articles like this are an indicator that we are at or near the bottom of the current economic cycle.

Oh, and were is the pent-up demand going to come from? You think that there is going to be a boom in autos and housing yet to come? What is going to drive growth? No, those jobs are gone and they aren't coming back.

Richard W.