[Travis T. OJustice]

Yeah, what’s a green shoot? Never heard the term.

[Need4Truth]

I believe the term “green shoot” was started by Bernanke:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0_BVHNrjlYOoncy63c6fZFuXLag

[MortMan]

Green shoot = reloading copper bullets. ;-P

[LonePalm]

The official French term, according to the Académie Francaise, for a start-up company is jeune-pousse or young shoot. It refers to the green portion of a plant that has just broken through the soil.

This is probably where Bernanke got the term.

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(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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