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The economy. >> well, there are a lot of positive things in that last year in january the unemployment rate was at 7.9%. we now have it at 6.1%. we have an average of 272,000 jobs having been created on average in the last three mon s months. that is 600,000-plus people who were not working before and are now working. if we keep the trend going, we will see the demand higher, and the companies hiring more, and see what we are seeing on the stock market with the dow hitting 17,000. so i think tha...