There has been a lot of discussion about what type of recovery the economy is going through. A V-shape would be one where it recovers very quickly with no one left behind, a U-shape would take the economy a longer time but everyone would recover and a Square Root recovery is a bit of a misnomer since the latter portion of the recovery is higher than what was occurring before the downturn. What a Square Root recovery is meant to portray is a quick rebound but flat to no growth after the fast upturn. There has also been talk about a W-shaped recovery where the economy largely recovers but dips back down before it ... (full story)