| 1 | The present recession has touched bottom. | |
| 2 | "Where's the bottom?" I asked him. | |
| 3 | Of course, 1934 was near the bottom of the depression. | |
| 4 | Ireland "saved" its banks and saw its output drop by 14% from peak to trough. | |
| 5 | The fundamentals in terms of corporate profits, house prices and bank lending have not yet bottomed, in his view. |