单选题 From the fifth paragraph, we can learn that

A、 economy is now well on its way to recovery.
B、 economists are uncertain about consumer demand.
C、 corporate performance is generally not encouraging.
D、 businesses have been investing the way the Fed hoped.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查推理判断。根据第五段末句“And despite all the corporate gloom，business spending has shown signs of picking up，though not anywhere near as strongly as the Fed would like．(尽管整体经济灰暗，但商业投资已有回升的迹象，虽然不如美联储所希望的那么强劲)”，可以认定，正确答案是[C]。