The precipitious decline in consume...

The precipitious decline in consumer and business spending -- brought onward by the prospect of hostilities the Persian chasm -- pushed an already weak U economy "over the edge" last fall. Now that the abyss War is over, there are preliminary indications that the hope-for spring back in consumer and business confidence is indeed materializing. However, convalescence on the upside is likely to be les dramatic and more cautiously radicaled than the dispirited, negative reaction last August.

The positive signs that began to come forth within days of the war's [i]finale[/i] included inreased ...