The Bank of Canada released thei recovery forecast claiming that Canada should be out of a recession by mid year 2009. Many economists see this as too optimistic. After all, the Bank of Canada didn't do a great job of warning me of the start of this recession / depression? Why would they get the timing, pace, depth and scope of the bottom right?
What's usefull about the picture above is that business should design contingency and survival plans for different recession bottom scenarios, just in case they are wrong. What's the downside of betting an a "premature" false positive bottom for your business? see The Opportunity Clinic; 28 Tactics for managing your Business in a recession Part 6 of 28 What's in your Recession Playbook?
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