Passage Summary: Recessions lead to job losses, and even when the economy starts to recover and businesses need more help, employers wait as long as they can before actually hiring anyone new.

Reasoning: Recessions cause unemployment due to low spending; while recoveries involve increased spending and a need for workers, employers are hesitant to hire immediately due to low confidence.

Analysis: Since this is a Most Strongly Supported question, we must treat the premises as facts and find a logical inference. The stimulus sets up a timeline: first, the recession causes joblessness; then, the recovery begins with increased spending; finally, there is a delay before hiring resumes. This implies a specific 'lag' period where the economy is technically recovering, but the unemployment rate has not yet begun to drop. Look for an inference that addresses this gap between the start of an economic recovery and the actual increase in the workforce.