Economic News: Green Shoots

Steve Jobs Dept: In recent months there has been a string of positive economic news flow out of the U.S., ranging from better than expected employment data to green shoots in the housing sector. Last month, for example, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.6 per cent, its lowest level in 2 1/2 years, according to The Chronicle Herald. It is no coincidence to see both of these forces working in unison and it s all about jobs, not universal health care, Mr. Obama and not Steve Jobs . Especially when one in every six 48 million Americans are living in poverty. And this week we saw that new home construction in November also rose to the strongest level in almost two years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.