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August 2009

 BUSINESS COMMENTARY 

"So long, recession?"

August 18, 2009 - Mark Foster

  As I read through the printed and blogged opinions this week on the state of the Canadian economy, they all seem to be convinced that this very short, but very scary recession has all but come to an end. If it had been a nuclear attack, we are now just awaiting the radiation dissipation period and we can once again come out from our financial b-shelters to spend, spend, spend!

One article in Macleans ( Aug 24^th – Scott Freschuk ) made light of our ability to emerge from the financial crisis and it’s worth a read. There were 3 leading edge indicators according to Scott. The first, being the publication of over 2,500 books on the topic of the crisis itself. Seems like a likely approach. Begin writing incessantly about it, in an effort to jumpstart it. The second was the fact that we just plain old got bored with it. A comparison to the Great Depression noted that with the abundance of technology we have available, providing a constant bombardment of information, we just plain old had enough and moved on! And the third and last point was Michael Jackson’s passing. As Apple raked in giga-millions in refreshed sales of Jackson’s music, there was an indication that the U.S. Secretary Treasurer spied this trend and has devised a plan to respond to the next economic downturn by immediately killing off Fleetwood Mac. All good stuff!

Keep on enjoying that sunshine!    EMAILMARK   

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