Can we have some positive news about the economy please?

There are some job success stories around. A workmate of mine left work a few months ago to get a dream job as a hair stylist, so no job hunting struggles there.

Another friend who was a stuck graduate, landed a job for himself in unexpected ways, and now enjoys his working days a lot more. He is enjoying the feelingof being intellectually stimulated and challenged, and is earning about three times as much as he did.

I also have a third friend who qualified as a sports psychologist last year, and who has now set up his own business which is doing really well. It is going from strength to strength.

I am also moving on in life, and am starting a new job in a couple of weeks which really does feel like a step up in life, and a major step in the right direction. It also came to me in very unexpected ways (I didn't even have to try) and when I went for the interview I had nothing but good feelings about the place. I am working with great people, doing work I love, and getting paid very well for it.

I have bought a car recently, and thanks to the vat cut, I got it for a lot cheaper, so I basically now have free petrol for a few months. The economy is a lot stronger now than at an downturn before. The Democrats are again in power in America, so that means that the world's biggest industrialised nation will be socialist once again and the working classes will have more money to spend. Interest rates are a lot lower now than ever before. The pound was so low against the euro, so that means that the UK will be a lot more attractive to foreign investment. That minuster was right when she said green shoots of recovery, but the British people have to make it happen.

Asda is creating 7000 new jobs

BskyB is creating 1500 new jobs

BskyB profits are up by 31%

Sainsburys had a 40% increase in profits over Christmas

Shops and businesses in Northern Ireland had enjoyed massive surge of money and prosperity over Christmas, due to the pound being at near parity with the euro.

The good news is rich t***s who live in ivory towers may have to face up to the real world.

Edit: A lot of those 'new jobs' they like to boast about .... are they real jobs, or just replacements with worse pay and conditions?

There is a bunch out there. You won't hear about it in the media until the bad guys own all the so called "bad assets".

something positive, let me think.. tough one.. how about that the superbowl is on on sunday and there will be over 7 million parties in the country. those people wont even be thinking about the economy!

It is not going down hill as fast as it was in 1930.

All the bargain shops and £1 shops are doing well.

My mortgage is almost cut in half by the interest cuts !!!!

Since I gave up hope, I've felt a lot better.Nothing like a little bit of surety.

And not about Casey Anthony either! UGH! Sad but over--

I agree-so much bad. It would be nice to have some "happy" news