Retail holiday sales are down quite a bit from last year and manufacturing isn't returning but still things are picking up a bit with regards to unemployment and finance sectors which is a bright spot. Maybe Americans will be able to choose a different retirement plan than the poor man's retirement plan. The poorman's retirement plan is where you buy a bunch of life insurance for your family and wait for the incontestability period to kick in then:
I actually knew someone who did the poor man's retirement plan about ten years ago. Crazy. Anyways, I don't see the infrastructure changes needed for real long term sustainable economic recovery but this 4th quarter has looked better overall except for the holiday retail sales.
