What is your prediction for the new year?

I predict that President Obama will get more gabs from people, I think that Charlie Sheen is going to do some time finally, more military going to Irag and Afganistan, and the economy will slowly build back up. I hope I am right only on the last one. Heehee

I too predict a dismal future for many Australians. So many are deep in debt and many will lose their jobs. Prices of food, fuel and electricity are still rising quickly and it's difficult to cut back.

I predict that people who have jobs will do what they can to hold on to them, even if they do not really like them. I know that is what I am doing right now. I think people will switch from large, national banks to local banks, and credit unions. Class sizes will be larger in school, sports will still be big, but the arts will lose out.

canada is picking up and I think it will continue too, it wasn't hit as hard as the us during the recession though.

I too agree with you that I think there will be more jobs lost, more homes in forclosure. Where we live I can not see it getting any better. And times are getting harder and the crime has risen so much around here. Desperate times, means desperate measures to some. While I would hope 2010 will be a much better year for everyone, the ones that are down, doesn't show much inprovment for them to get back on their feet. One apartment complex here that has over a 1000 apartments just lost their HUD housing, it is going to regular rentals, so that is a 1000 families out in the cold when their lease runs out. If these people couldnt' afford the high rent now how will they do it when their lease runs out and they have to move. More and more are lining up at the food stamp and welfare lines, something has got to give for the poor and elderly.

Hey worldwise! I'm afraid I would have to agree with you, but I don't want to jinx the New Year already! I don't really have a good feeling about this year either! Too many bad things were left over from 2009 to pretend that this year was going to be "the perfect year"! So I will just hope and pray for the best!

I definitely don't see an end to the economic depression this year my friend, in fact I can't see it changing until 2012, certainly here in the UK, I wish we had a change of government but sad to say this will not happen either, things will continue to get worst, I wish I had a positive stance on the countries situation but it just seems to deteriorate. Unemployment will continue to rise. The recession is taking hold. Personal predictions well this year I refuse to make any because I made too many last year and they never came into fruition and I came down to earth with a big bump! This time last year I predicted I would get my own place, get a job and be happy, sadly it didn't happen. So I am going to take it day by day, if I don't expect greatness or happiness then I am not disappointed.