1929 to 1939 was apparently the "Great Depression" ... perhaps 2007 to 2010 will be remembered as the "Great Compression" ... ending with this illustrious "September-to-Remember" ...
Having contracted heavy recessionary conditions from onslaught to recovery in just 3 years instead of 10 may have been a great feat of "Econopolitic Compressionomics"
I guess we'll have to wait 7 years without bad luck to find out :)