Phrasing
By and large, he's giving the "message of hope"...which I suppose is his job..but declaring this thing over is not accurate, nor is the fact that "everyone agrees".
I see just as many talking about further unemployment hikes (as GS pointed out) and the real possibility that the gov't spending isn't going to sustain the GDP jump (w shaped recession, not v)...meaning it isn't over, we're only halfway there.
The recession can "technically" be over...but until consumer confidence rises, the recovery isn't going to come at any great pace. And Ash may be really happy, because there's a strong possibility that this was a permanent reset of the credit economy.
