Here's a Couple of Charts Showing That "Recovery" Experts Are Talking About on "Credible" News Outlets

Data from Federal Reserve of St. Louis.


All Employees: Construction (USCONS)
2012-08: 5,515 Thousands of Persons
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted, Updated: 2012-09-07

Housing Starts: Total: New Privately Owned Housing Units Started (HOUST)
2012-07: 746 Thousands of Units
Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, Updated: 2012-08-16

Some notes on that "rebound" you see in the chart (above):

Source: http://www.streettalklive.com/images/stories/1dailyxchange/home-totalactivityindex-091312.png

Source: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/HOUST/
Source: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/USCONS