Growth has picked up, averaging 5% a year in recent - although the 2002-2003 financial year saw the economy expand just 4.3% as a punishing drought ate into agricultural production.
Those who had been primed to feel guilty and who were subjected to the ice bucket showed initial and follow-up guilt scores averaging 2.5 and 1.1 respectively.
Housing starts are set to increase, averaging 1 million units in 2013 (they hit 861, 000 in November) and new home sales averaging 430, 000 (up from 377, 000 in November).