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Archive for April 1st, 2009

“Less than expected”

Add comment April 1st, 2009

Whodathunkit? That we’d be joyous to read sentences like this one: “Construction spending falls, manufacturing sector shrinks again, but both less than expected.”

Yeehaw as my Mountaineer family would cheer. As the first quarter 2009 comes to an inglorious and painful end, we’re all casting about for any glimmer that we’ve hit bottom. We know the bottom has to happen, and if it’s now, then, well, yeehaw.

Obviously, we’re not shed of this dollars and nonsense year, and 2009 will be a challenge right through its last gasps in December. I for one am hanging my hat on the idea that the dark stuff I’m seeing every time I look down is the bottom. And, if I can land with a full-body splat and roll, rather than head first, well, then, yeehaw.

The Associated Press captures this sense of “well, maybe, might be time to yeehaw” in its story on the latest performance indicators.