It has been no secret that things have been slow for most sectors of the economy for several years. Everything was sliding or bouncing downward - jobs, consumer sales, etc.
Now, for the past November, retail sales have edged up for the 6th straight month. Not much, but steady improvement.
This is not the result of any special government program or bail out incentive. Things just go in cycles and sometimes they go in bubbles and busts.
Further, if the government needs to do anything, they need to create an environment that encourages growth - growth in jobs, growth in consumer spending, growth in confidence and so on. This is done simply by not thinking that government has all the answers and that they have to get involved. Government needs to just allow the "market" to work.
Despite any of the "market's" shortfalls, an unleashed "market" will show the way.
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