THE FIRST DERIVATIVE IS GONNA BE SO POSITIVE

Frequently reminded that Obama's economic brain geniuses were not.

Furman, tapped to give the opening presentation, looked into his screen of poorly lit boxes of frightened wonks and made a startling claim.

“We are about to see the best economic data we’ve seen in the history of this country,” he said.

I highly doubt what he's talking about will even come to pass, but even if you get UNEMPLOYMENT SHRINKS FROM 20% TO 12%... reality will not be good.

Explains why they kept saying "green shoots" for the shitty Great Recession recovery.