consumer trust

“Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
So let’s sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again.”
–Barbra Streisand

JPMorgan Chase announced earlier this week that it plans to hire 1,500 new mortgage and small business bankers by the end of 2010. I think this is a tremendous branding opportunity.

"We have invested in new systems, aggressively grown our capacity and are now looking to increase our sales force," said its head of home lending in a statement reported on CNN.

by: Dick Stroud

Maybe you should ignore what I have to say about the recession. This research from Synovate suggests that Brits are the world’s pessimists when it comes to all things credit crunch and recession. The US, Belgium and France are not far behind but us Brits really are a doom laden bunch. The world’s optimists are the Danes, Brazilians and Malaysians.

Do we know something the rest of you don’t?