Is U.S. economy recovering?

U.S. economy dropped rapidly during the past 6 months. Though this trend is being relieved, the distance is very remote before increasing.

U.S. economic recovery process cannot be smooth. Unemployment is a difficulty among them.
Though the number of people who apply for unemployment benefits reduced at the beginning of April, The number of people of applying for unemployment benefits has already exceeded 6 million. Unemployment rate was up to 8.5% in March. Maybe unemployment rate will exceed 10% at the end of 2009. In the face of unemployed people, President Obama admits that U.S. economy is bearing the great pressure, so Government still has a lot of work to do.