physics - 2:05 am on Aug 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

This has been true for a while. Once the banks started earning bucketloads of cash again. They're always the first to know/experience both the beginning and end of a recession. The rest of us don't see the recession coming until it's here and we don't believe it's over until it's way past over. That's why we're not billionaire bankers I guess :p