Action required as many are left asking "where's our recovery?"

Despite the growth rises in GNP and GDP, and the falling unemployment rate, a feeling of recessionary ire remains. There is a disconnect in the economy, writes Tom O’Connor

The rate of growth was 7.8% in terms of GDP and 5.7% GNP last year — and GNP rose 1.3% in the first quarter this year. The economy has grown for each of the last three years. There has been a sharp drop in unemployment .

Yet so many people still feel as if the recession hasn’t gone away. The Samaritans is witnessing a large volume of calls from people who can’t make ends meet, while many businesses are busy paying back debt, still playing economic catch-up. There is no sense of economic euphoria among average workers and their families.