These are great numbers but what is the American public basing their "high hopes" on? Is 'pie-n-the-sky' views replacing reality.  Is there more 'hope' in the positive numbers than any actual expectation? Are more people simply 'wishing' their problems away? How can there be such a dramatic change? Are middle-aged white males really finding those jobs that were so scarce barely a year ago? Has the  number of college graduates unable to find suitable employment and/or living at home for economic reasons declined significantly.  I know corporations are reaching out more to hire and to expand their business but at least some of that is based on HOPED for tax cuts, something that has not yet materialized. New hires for October was 261,000 but this includes many, many seasonal hires; Amazon wants to build another large facility; Fox Conn wants to open up shop in Wisconsin. Yes, the numbers are great but somehow I think I'll wait a bit...perhaps for the other shoe to fall.