In neighborhoods rich and poor alike, it's going to be a long summer--with no sign of recovery on the horizon.
And energy use, another sign of recovery, is up 14% from September.
"From a technical perspective, this market has bull written all over it, " says Stack, who also points to improving market breadth as a sign of recovery.
Fixed investment, which is about 12% of GDP, shows a very modest sign of recovery and still stands nearly 22% below its peak level nine quarters ago.
But as the 1990s wore on and Pentagon weapon spending showed no sign of recovery, GM executives in Detroit became less enchanted with their sprawling defense business.
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People are pointing to the uptick in imports as a sign of recovery, but that uptick should be seen in light of the earlier huge collapse in impor ts.
Those businesses will have capital to reinvest at the first sign of market recovery.
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Professor CHIP CASE (Economics, Wellesley College): The other sign of pending recovery and return to normalcy is bottom-fishermen.
In a surprising sign of global economic recovery, office markets are transitioning from contraction to growth, but most of the recovery is happening outside of the U.S. and Europe.
Looking at the fundamentals, there is no outwardly visible sign of a major recovery taking place.
This is a sign that people are taking advantage of the Recovery Act tax savings this year.
Walsh said British Airways' woes were inextricably linked to the downturn in the global economy and that there had been no sign of any "green shoots" of recovery.
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In a sign of investors' dual focus on the recovery and the central banks that have helped keep markets buoyant, gold futures jumped 1.7% after the jobs report, reflecting expectations that the weakness would keep the Fed's stimulus in place for longer.
In a sign of investors' dual focus on the recovery and the central banks that have helped keep markets buoyant, gold futures jumped 1.5% after the jobs report, the biggest one-day gain in five weeks, reflecting expectations that the weakness would keep the Fed's stimulus in place longer.
It is a grim context for a return to civility, but an encouraging sign of potential cooperation as Japan pursues its rescue and recovery efforts.
In a sign that businesses remain uncertain about the strength of the economic recovery, business inventories for March were flat, compared with expectations for a rise.
The closely watched ZEW index fell from 48.5 points to 36.3 in April in a sign of growing investor fears over the strength of the German recovery amid widespread debt problems in Europe.
"Returning this group of sea turtles to their home waters is ... a sign that Louisiana is on the path towards recovery, " said Randy Pausina, an assistant secretary for Louisiana's office of fisheries.
Another positive sign for construction is that publicly-traded construction companies seem to be on the leading edge of the real estate industry recovery.
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On the back of the country's puttering recovery, the Tokyo bourse is up 50% over the last 12 months -- with no sign of faltering.
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