While price pressures have eased for most commodities, food inflation is stillaccelerating at a worrying pace due to inefficient storage and distribution facilities for farm produce, which lead to regular supply shortages.
No word on when IBM plans on ushering its marketing team into automakers' headquarters, but we'd enjoy the feel of personally steering and accelerating while you still can.
And the question is are there selective approaches that are consistent with the original goals of TARP -- for example, making sure that small businesses are still getting lending -- that would be appropriate in accelerating job growth?