Barnaby, an increase in hiring could occur across the board in most all businesses, provided the lame duck congress does not chose to go out with a bang and enact more of their looney agenda or not extend the Bush tax cuts.
Most recessions have a “snap-back” phase after bottoming, where businesses replenish their inventories, consumers make long-delayed purchases of vehicles, clothing, etc., and the recovery gains strength as it feeds on itself. That obviously hasn’t happened yet, and I believe it is partly because of the pessimism about our future business costs, taxes, etc.
