..... but I am not sure if I really want to go to the US now given the current economic situation prevailing there
As a reply to your point I could say that the United States will be a sure country again, in a few years. If we watch in the past of America, we can easy observ that the USA have had more problems like our times. It is the country with the energy to put itself in the place where she deserves. If I would be in your situation I woudn`t wait the “good times” for the country who has given to me the opportunity to be free. It`s just my point of view… Success !!!