Anyone would guess that the real employment language of earth is Chinese, but German and Spanish may be coming back at least. Cajun is probably not doing as well. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/business/global/03iht-eujobs.html?src=busln It is still not clear how the Gulf Coast settlements are being counted., but supposing that tens of thousands have their checks, and are therefore not payroll data--and even dropped out of the labor force for awhile--then even the drop in the U. S. unemployment rate is directionally in the right track. The Euro has stabilized to a less lower level. GM leads the US auto sales sector in China, which has a newly valueable currency. "Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!" (Great Half-Wit Father in Washington: Only half the World Employment Situation!)