I think it has a lot to do with the financial crisis being on the front page of the newspapers every day.  Unfortunately, we're also waiting to see what happens with it in Europe.  ("Is Trichet right to hold rates?"  "What are the implications of the euro rising?"  And so on.)  I'm thinking I'll have a diary up on the whole mess once the Q1 figures come out for everybody.  It's a pretty good bet that we're looking at near-zero growth in America, but I'm interested to see what happens in Britain, and then on the Continent.

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