Is that Hopium we smell? The blogger at Calculated Risk, who snuffles through economic data in search of morsels of misery the way certain dogs hunt for truffles, has put together a set of figures and graphs about the housing market and car sales that point the way toward “rays of sunshine in a very dark season”! Of course, his commenters couldn’t stand being cut off from their daily dose of pessimism: “Just understand that a little brighter news prevents everyone from eating each other now rather than later.” Amazing how much some people are looking forward to cannibalism. Not us. [Calculated Risk]
