If the economic crisis is defined as a period of weak employment

during which jobs are lost month in and month out, 经济危机 will still last a little bit longer.

I think we’re through the real acute phase. The real intense period of the crisis might already be past. The big institutions stop falling into chaos the way Lehman Brothers and AIG did.

actually, 美国３大银行：Chase，MorgenStanly ＆ BOA？（一时想不出name） 都已经见喜色，开始挣钱。