>> it's a great question. i'm poring through the report. they're saying what the committee decided, all of these people coming together, in 2009 it looked as though business activity picked up again across the u.s., whether you're looking at manufacturing, finance. they say business activity picked up. they do say, and this is important, they say the committee did not conclude that economic conditions since that month have been favorable to the economy. so they said that's when the turn happened. so business could look stronger for a month or two months and that's what they call it the official end of the recession. they continue to point out it doesn't look like conditions since have been favorable. what is also important, and you will see it continue here on cnnmoney, why don't we feel like the recession is over? you have more and more economists saying it feels like there could be a double-dip and we'll bring you more on that throughout the day. i guess officially an end to the