Flying Pink Unicorns

I was wrong.

In my December 5, 2008 post, I predicted the recession will end in June. I was wrong. It won't end quite that quickly. I didn't realize that the banks were as horribly terribly badly off as they are. Don't get me wrong, I obviously knew that big banks were in huge trouble. I just didn't realize that it would be this bad.

Later this week there will be an anticlimactic announcement on how the Obama Treasury Department will spend the $350 billion remaining from the big Congressionally passed $700 billion bailout for the financial industry. I say anticlimactic because $350 billion is fairly small in comparison to the amount of money which will in the end likely be necessary to pump into the banks and other financial institutions going forward, taking no notice of the huge amount of money which has already been pumped in.

So with the banks still in terrible shape, and likely months away from being cleaned up, I simply have no idea when the recession will end. I'll let you know when I know.