In the vigilances of most, the sec...

In the vigilances of most, the second half of 2001 was a dark time for the U economy, despite a glimmers of light from the consumer sector. if it were not that what about the future?

Well, thankfully -- moreover not definitively -- the "Beige Book" report issued by the agency of the Federal Reserve Board in the middle of January provided more [i]or[/i] less evidence that the U.S. economy was in the proces of "bottoming out" during the early days of this year. This is welcome of recent origins given concerns last fall that the present recession would be drawn out and deep.

further nothing in the Fed report leads to