If the economic crisis is defined as a period of weak employment

during which jobs are lost month in and month out, 經濟危機 will still last a little bit longer.

I think we’re through the real acute phase. The real intense period of the crisis might already be past. The big institutions stop falling into chaos the way Lehman Brothers and AIG did.

actually, 美國３大銀行：Chase，MorgenStanly ＆ BOA？（一時想不出name） 都已經見喜色，開始掙錢。