It's taken only two weeks to see real change in the economy!

“You’ve got a solid downtrend in place for jobless claims” said Barry Knapp, chief U.S. equity strategist at Barclays Plc in New York. “There’s a better tone in the international markets.”

Another report showed the index of U.S. leading indicators climbed in October by the most in five months on signs the Fed was preparing to take additional action to spur growth, economists said. The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for the next three to six months rose 0.5 percent, matching the median of 58 forecasts in a Bloomberg News survey

Their pledge to America is really doing some shit. Also, we must somehow find a way to thank the GOP for this remarkable turn of events:

General Motors stock began trading on Wall Street again Thursday, signaling the rebirth of an American corporate icon that collapsed into bankruptcy and was rescued with a $50 billion infusion from taxpayers.
The stock rose sharply in its first minutes of buying and selling, going for nearly $36 per share — nearly $3 more than the price GM set for the initial public offering. The stock traded for less than a dollar when the company filed for bankruptcy last year.

It seems like it was only yesterday...

On March 30, 2009, President Obama laid out a framework for General Motors to achieve viability that required the Company to rework its business plan, accelerate its operational restructuring and make far greater reductions in its outstanding liabilities. After two months of significant management engagement, General Motors has developed such a plan and has already begun to make progress toward its achievement. The Company has also secured commitments of meaningful sacrifice from all of its major stakeholder groups, sacrifices sufficient for this plan to proceed forward. As a result, the President has deemed GM's plan viable and will be making available about $30bn of additional federal assistance to support GM's restructuring plan. To effectuate their plan, General Motors will use Section 363 of the bankruptcy code to clear away the remaining impediments to its successful re-launch.

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