It is hard to get a on this economy. The discouraging and encouraging signals now come in almost regular cycles. Today, it was unemployment, discouraging news. The sharpest layoffs in a decade. The unemployment rate 2 and a, 2 tenth of a percent to 4 and a half percent in April. That's the worst showing in 2 and a half years. But at the end of the day, it did trigger a sharp jump in the stock market.