Surprise rise in jobless claims casts pall on economy | Reuters

OK, I’mnot an economist. I’m not in finance.
On the other handthose are the guys who told us everything was going to fine after Bear Sterns and there were no bombshells.
those are the guys who crafted and enacyed the policies that got us into this mess so myabe I do know as much as any of those guys.
either way I think the WH is getting nowhere on the econmy.
Remind me again wwhy we bailed out the banks and the car companies????