As it says goodbye and good riddance to 2010, is America also saying so long to depres- sion, both the economic and the psychic varieties? Is double-dip now just another way to get your hot fudge sundae? Riding the Metro North commuter train from Pleasantville to Grand Central Station on the last weekend before Christmas, you’d certainly suppose so. The consumer confidence index had been rising for two straight months now and most of it seemed to be on board, wallets bursting to get in on the action. Heavy-set thirtysomethings on parole from suburbia, fists popping cans of Bud Lite, boomed to all who wanted to hear (Ben Bernanke maybe?) that they were “gonna do some serious shopping DAMAGE dude!” In the month before Christmas Grand Central turns into a retail bazaar, and to the strains of jingle tills vendors selling silk scarves, Thai and Polish jewellery, hammered leather goods and fancy stationery were all doing brisk trade to elbow-working crowds.
在美国说着“谢天谢地”告别2010年之际，它是否也在和manbetx20客户端下载 衰退与心理沮丧说再见？二次探底如今是否只是过上甜蜜生活的另一条途径？在圣诞节前最后一个周末乘坐纽约北郊铁路(Metro North)通勤列车从普莱森特维尔到纽约中央车站(Grand Central Station)的你肯定会这么认为。消费者信心指数已经连续两个月上扬，而回归的信心似乎大半都在那趟列车上，人们揣着鼓鼓的钱包，准备加入购物的行列。身材魁梧、30来岁、好不容易出趟门的郊区居民，用拳头打开一听又一听百威清啤，冲着所有愿意听他们说话的人（本•伯南克(Ben Bernanke)大概算一个？）嚷嚷着：“哥们，让我们好好采购一番！”圣诞节前的一个月，纽约中央车站变成了集贸市场。在摩肩接踵的人群中，伴着铃儿响叮当的旋律，兜售丝巾、泰国和波兰珠宝、锤制皮件以及别致文具的小商贩们生意非常兴隆。